Peer-reviewed articles

  • Schoen, V.; Caputo, S. and Blythe, C. (2020) Valuing Physical and Social Output: A Rapid Assessment of a London Community Garden. Sustainability 12, 5452 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/13/5452
  • Kirby, Caitlin K.; Specht, Kathrin; Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Hawes, Jason K.; Cohen, Nevin; Caputo, Silvio; Ilieva, Rositsa T.; Lelièvre, Agnès; Poniży, Lidia; Schoen, Victoria; Blythe, Chris (2021): Differences in motivations and social impacts across urban agriculture types: Case studies in Europe and the US. In: Landsacape and Urban Planning, Vol. 212, 104110. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104110. (online first 23.04.2021)
  • Maćkiewicz, Barbara; Szczepańska, Magdalena; Kacprzak, Ewa; Fox-Kämper, Runrid (2021): Between food growing and leisure: contemporary allotment gardeners in Western Germany and Poland. In: DIE ERDE – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, Vol. 152, Issue 1, pp. 33–50. doi: 10.12854/erde-2021-502. (online first 30.03.2021)
  • Caputo, S., Schoen, V., Specht, K., Grard, B., Blythe, C., Cohen, N., Fox-Kämper, R., Hawes, J. K., Newell, J., Poniży, L., 2021, Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People), Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 58, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866720307512
  • Special issue:
    “A Systemic Perspective on Urban Food Supply: Assessing Different Types of Urban Agriculture”
    https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Urban_Food_Urban_Agriculture

  • Artmann, M.; Specht, K.; Vávra, J.; Rommel, M. (2021) Introduction to the Special Issue “A Systemic Perspective on Urban Food Supply: Assessing Different Types of Urban Agriculture”. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3798. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073798
  • Di Fiore, G.; Specht, K.; Zanasi C. (2021) Assessing motivations and perceptions of stakeholders in urban agriculture: a review and analytical framework, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 10.1080/19463138.2021.1904247

Conference Papers

Caputo, S., Schoen, V., Specht, K. and Grard, B. (2019)
The Urban Agriculture Nexus; Presentation at AESOP-Sustainable Food Planning (SFP) International Conference 2019 „Agroecological transitions confronting climate breakdown: Food planning for the post-carbon city“; 07.11.2019; Madrid, Spain. Online available here: https://aesopsfp.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/aesop-sfp_bookofproceedings01-1.pdf

Conference Oral and Poster Presentations

Poniży, L., Béchet, B., Blythe, C., Caputo S., Cohen, N., Dorr, E., Fox-Kämper, R., Grard, B., Goldstein, B., Ilieva, R., Jean-Soro, L., Lelievre, A., Newell, J., Schoen, V., Specht, K., Spiżewski, T., (2020), An integrative approach to urban agriculture. The methodological framework of the FEW-meter project.

Presentation at Dresden Nexus Conference 2020 “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”; 04.06.2020 (online).

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343785903_An_integrative_approach_to_urban_agriculture_The_methodological_framework_of_the_FEW-meter_project

Schoen, V.; Caputo, S. and Blythe, C. (2020), Measuring physical and social output of community gardens: a pilot case study.

Presentation at Dresden Nexus Conference 2020, Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society, 3-5 June 2020 (online).

https://express.converia.de/custom/media/DNC_2020/Posters/06_Schoen_V.pdf

Specht, K., Grard, B., Poniży, L., Fox-Kämper, R., Caputo, S., Cohen, N., Newell, J., Jean-Soro, L. and Goldstein, B. (2018)
The FEW-meter: An integrative model to measure and improve urban agriculture, shifting it towards circular urban metabolism.

Presentation at ESP Europe Regional Conference 2018: Ecosystem services in a changing world: moving from theory to practice, 16.10.2018; San Sebastian, Spain.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328981881_The_FEW-meter_An_integrative_model_to_measure_and_improve_urban_agriculture_shifting_it_towards_circular_urban_metabolism

Specht, K., Schimichowski, J. and Fox-Kämper, R. (2019)
Spatial context and legal environment of urban agriculture in the Ruhr metropolitan area (Germany); Presentation at 19. World Congress of International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE); 02.07.2019; Milano, Italy.

Specht, K., Fox-Kämper, R., Cohen, N., Ilieva, R., Grard, B., Bechet, B., Poniży, L., Caputo, S., Schoen, V., Newell, J., Goldstein, B. and Jean-Soro, L.. (2019)
Urban Agriculture and the Food-Energy-Water-NEXUS: Comparison of Policy Documents of five Metropolitan Regions in Europe and the U.S.

Poster presentation at AESOP-Sustainable Food Planning (SFP) International Conference 2019 „Agroecological transitions confronting climate breakdown: Food planning for the post-carbon city“; 08.11.2019, Madrid, Spain. Online available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338659235_Urban_Agriculture_and_the_Food-Energy-Water-NEXUS_Comparison_of_Policy_Documents_of_five_Metropolitan_Regions_in_Europe_and_the_US#fullTextFileContent

Specht, K., Fox-Kämper, R., Kirby, C., Ilieva, R., Schoen, V., Bechet, B., Ponizy, L., Cohen, N., Caputo, S., Grard, B., and Hawes, J. (2020)
How does urban agriculture connect to food/water/energy- NEXUS policies? Insights from Europe and the U.S.

Presentation at Dresden Nexus Conference 2020; 04.06.2020, Videoconference.

Cohen, N. (2020, December 18), FEW Meter Project: Measuring the Food, Energy, Water and Social Impacts of Urban Agriculture, Lecture presented as part of the Seminar Series of Urban FEW, A Research Coordination Network for the Study of the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), https://www.urbanfew.net/20201218

Book Chapters

Specht, K., Schimikowski, J. and Fox-Kämper, R. (2021): Multifunctional Urban Landscapes: The Potential Role of Urban Agriculture as an Element of Sustainable Land Management in: Weith, Th., Barkmann, T., Gaasch, N., Rogga, S., Strauß, C., Zscheischler, J. (Eds.): Sustainable Land Management in a European Context. Springer International Publishing; DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50841-8

Policy Briefs and Other Publications

Specht, K. and Fox-Kämper, R. (2018);
Forschungsprojekt FEW-Meter. Ressourcenströme in der urbanen Landwirtschaft messbar machen. In: Transforming Cities, No. 03/2018, p. 30–31.

Fox-Kämper R. and Specht, K. (2020);
„Global denken, lokal essen” – Lokale Ernährungssysteme im Trend. In: Der Lebensmittelbrief – ernährung aktuell, Jg. 31, Mai/Juni 2020, S. 8.

Fox-Kämper, Runrid; Specht, Kathrin (2020): Unterschätzte Kleingärten. Erste Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt FEW-Meter. In: Transforming Cities, Issue 4, p. 82–85.

Schoen, V. and Blythe, C., 2020, COVID-19: a growing opportunity for community gardening in London, RUAF, https://ruaf.org/news/covid-19-a-growing-opportunity-for-community-gardening-in-london/

An integrative approach to urban agriculture

Presentation – The methodological framework of the FEW-meter project >>

Other

Fox-Kämper, Runrid , 2021, The role of allotment gardens in Germany and beyond, Interview for a science for a science programme broadcast on the radio (WDR5)