Public land for urban food policy? A critical data-analysis of public land transactions in the Ghent city region (Belgium)

The development of urban food policies has shed light on the strategic role of public landownership for strengthening farmers capacities in the context of rising land values. Despite attention on a few pioneering farming initiatives promoted by local authorities on public farmland, however, there is often little understanding of the extent of public landownership and the modus operandi of public institutions within urban land markets. This makes it hard to assess how representative these 'pioneering' projects are and whether or not they are embedded in coherent urban agendas. The city region o... Mehr ...