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Metropolitan Foodscape Planner

Susmetro - Sustainable Design for Metropolitan Landscapes - The NetherlandsCategory: Tools & Methods
Keywords: Scenario planning | Environmental Impact Assessment | CommunicationThe ‘Metropolitan Foodscape Planner’ (MFP 2.0) is a spatial-functional assessment that was developed as part of the EU project FoodMetres (2012-2015). MFP enables the quantification of the ecological footprint of agriculturally productive land required to sustain the annual amount of food demand of the urban population according to the diet recognized for that particular country or region. Unlike the classic ecological footprint assessment model (proposed by the Global Footprint Network), the land footprint is given in 'local hectares’ rather than 'global hectares'.
MFP 2.0 is developed within ArcGIS® GeoPlanner℠

Example Cases

See interactive web maps with assessments for a selection of FoodSHIFT 2030 city regions below:

Athens, Greece

Berlin, Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark

Wroclaw, Poland

Ostend, Belgium

Access Details

Contact: Gustavo Arciniegas | gustavo@susmetro.eu | LinkedIn ProfileDirk Wascher | dirk@sumetro.eu | LinkedIn ProfileOrganization: Susmetro - Sustainable Design for Metropolitan Landscapes
Tilburg, The Netherlands
Links:

Tool explanation and philosophy: Go to Susmetro website
Publication in Journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems featuring the Copenhagen assessment: Go to publication
Featured in FoodSHIFT 2030 deliverable D3.3 Food System Innovation Assessment Report: Go to deliverable
Featured in FoodSHIFT 2030 Knowledge Hub: Go to resource
Download an educational leaflet about the tool: Go to resource