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A framework for assessing the vulnerability of food systems to future shocks
Leeds Institute for Environmental Science and Management, School of the Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-8874-1385
2005 (Engelska)Ingår i: Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies, ISSN 0016-3287, E-ISSN 1873-6378, Vol. 37, nr 6, s. 465-479Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Modern society depends on complex agro-ecological and trading systems to provide food for urban residents, yet there are few tools available to assess whether these systems are vulnerable to future disturbances. We propose a preliminary framework to assess the vulnerability of food systems to future shocks based on landscape ecology's ‘Panarchy Framework’. According to Panarchy, ecosystem vulnerability is determined by three generic characteristics: (1) the wealth available in the system, (2) how connected the system is, and (3) how much diversity exists in the system. In this framework, wealthy, non-diverse, tightly connected systems are highly vulnerable. The wealth of food systems can be measured using the approach pioneered by development economists to assess how poverty affects food security. Diversity can be measured using the tools investors use to measure the diversity of investment portfolios to assess financial risk. The connectivity of a system can be evaluated with the tools chemists use to assess the pathways chemicals use to flow through the environment. This approach can lead to better tools for creating policy designed to reduce vulnerability, and can help urban or regional planners identify where food systems are vulnerable to shocks and disturbances that may occur in the future.

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Elsevier, 2005. Vol. 37, nr 6, s. 465-479
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Sociology and Political Science, Development, Business and International Management
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Företagsekonomi
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-189768DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2004.10.011ISI: 000229883500002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-16244394848OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-189768DiVA, id: diva2:1612981
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