Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change - weADAPT

Published by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research FacilityISBN 978-1-921609-90-9NCCARF Publication 19/13© 2013 National Climate Change Adaptation Research FacilityThis work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, nopart may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the copyrightholder.Please cite this report as:Burton, P, Lyons, K, Richards, C, Amati, M, Rose, N, Desfours, L, Pires, V, Barclay, R,2013, Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change, National Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, pp.170.AcknowledgementsThis work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government(Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is to lead the research community in anational interdisciplinary effort to generate the information needed by decision-makers ingovernment, business and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risk ofclimate change impacts.The research team would like to thank a number of people and institutions for supporting thiswork:DisclaimerNCCARF for accepting a proposal beyond the range of those suggested in the initialcall;the anonymous reviewers for their critical yet helpful comments on an earlier draft ofthis report;all those who gave their time to be interviewed about urban agriculture and foodsecurity in Melbourne and the Gold Coast;all others who have commented on drafts, responded to related items in the popularmedia and attended workshops and discussion groupsLesley Sawyer for collating and editing the final report.The views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of the Commonwealth orNCCARF, and neither the Commonwealth nor NCCARF accept responsibility for informationor advice contained herein.Cover image © Cyuhoca Jco, Flickr Creative Commons