Enhancing food access and ecosystem services for equitable human and ecosystem health in high population areas

Identify how the built environment can contribute to a more sustainable and climate resilient world for urban populations across the economic spectrum

• Develop and sustain green spaces in urban/peri-urban areas encompassing parks, community gardens, botanic gardens, turf, and green infrastructure
• Improve strategies to select and maintain trees and other plants in urban environments
• Monitor and promote soil health and remediation in developed landscapes
• Enhance and promote the ecosystem services of built environments such as erosion and flood control, habitat for wildlife, and carbon storage
• Promote the human wellness benefits of greenspaces

Foster sustainable urban agriculture practices that contribute to human health, economic viability, and resilient, equitable food systems

• Facilitate the vitality of diverse and effective urban agriculture practices in soil, raised beds, rooftop gardens, and protected environments
• Improve the sustainability and economic viability of production of high nutrient density food in protected and controlled environments such as high tunnels, greenhouses, rooftop, and vertical farms (Controlled Environment Agriculture)