Multiscapes and Urbanisation: The Case for Spatial Agroecology

The two most significant signatures of the Anthropocene—agriculture and urbanisation—have yet to be studied synoptically. term periurban is used describe territory where urbanising trend planet extends into multiscapes. A praxis required that spatially reconciles urbanisation agriculture, simultaneously permitting urban growth enhancement critical ecosystem services provided by agricultural hinterlands. This paper presents a synthesis four fields ecological research converge on multiscapes—ecological urbanism, landscape ecology, science agroecology. By applying an approach, diagram developed connects these as holistic for optimising multiscapes performance. Two spatial qualities agroecology—‘ES Density’ ‘ES Plasticity’—potentiate recent areas in each other three fields—ecology city from metrics ecology (particularly potential application fractals surface metrics) supply demand mapping Space’ theory ecosystems science. While multifunctional value agroecological systems becoming widely accepted, this focuses agroecology’s specific its unique capacity specifically tailored ecosystemic demands