{"title":"Smart Urban Agriculture","authors":"Anne-Sophie Christmann, Valerie Graf-Drasch, Ricarda Schäfer","doi":"10.1007/s12599-024-00863-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given cities’ rising environmental problems and increasing food insecurity, innovative organizational endeavors such as urban agriculture present a chance for additional ecosystem services and food production. However, urban spaces are hostile as they jeopardize the availability of air, water, or soil. While digital innovations enable the management of scarce resources in traditional agricultural contexts, little is known about their applicability in urban agriculture endeavors. This study proposes a multi-layer taxonomy focusing on digital technologies, data, and different approaches in urban agriculture, as well as 20 organizational readiness factors derived with academics and practitioners from the smart urban agriculture domain. Combining both perspectives, the study sheds light on the nature of smart urban agriculture and ways to leverage its economic, ecological, and social value.</p>","PeriodicalId":55296,"journal":{"name":"Business & Information Systems Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Business & Information Systems Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-024-00863-w","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Computer Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Given cities’ rising environmental problems and increasing food insecurity, innovative organizational endeavors such as urban agriculture present a chance for additional ecosystem services and food production. However, urban spaces are hostile as they jeopardize the availability of air, water, or soil. While digital innovations enable the management of scarce resources in traditional agricultural contexts, little is known about their applicability in urban agriculture endeavors. This study proposes a multi-layer taxonomy focusing on digital technologies, data, and different approaches in urban agriculture, as well as 20 organizational readiness factors derived with academics and practitioners from the smart urban agriculture domain. Combining both perspectives, the study sheds light on the nature of smart urban agriculture and ways to leverage its economic, ecological, and social value.
期刊介绍:
BISE (Business & Information Systems Engineering) is an international scholarly journal that undergoes double-blind peer review. It publishes scientific research on the effective and efficient design and utilization of information systems by individuals, groups, enterprises, and society to enhance social welfare. Information systems are viewed as socio-technical systems involving tasks, people, and technology. Research in the journal addresses issues in the analysis, design, implementation, and management of information systems.