Instead, planning for resilient food systems in cities of the future will require a holistic perspective. Focusing on diversity – including diverse sources, actors, means of transportation and more – may be the first step toward reliably securing food for growing urban populations in the face of climate change.
As we head for a world with many more mouths to feed, variety may be more than just the spice of life – it may be its bread and butter too.
Pay Dreschel is research theme leader for Resource Recovery, Water Quality and Health, International Water Management Institute. This post is republished from the Thomson Reuters Foundation.