Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Lee R. Skabelund / Urban agriculture is an industry located within or in close proximity to a town, city or a metropolis, which grows, raises, processes and distributes a diversity of food to that urban area (Mougeot 2000). Traditionally, agricultural practices have been viewed as fringe or rural activities that do not belong in urban centers. As cities continue to grow, the distance between food production and consumers increases. On average, a meal eaten in America has traveled approximately 1,500 miles from field to plate (Hill 2008). This distance creates a system that requires food to be imported to cities and removes physical connections between urban populations and their source of food. Increased distances raise concerns of food security as urban areas are now dependent on outside sources. It will continue to be an issue in the future with fossil fuel depletion and the influence this will have on transportation costs and the cost of food. The quality of life in urban areas has also been compromised as centers grow. Individuals get lost in the fast-paced lifestyle of cities and lose the ability to interact socially. As urban populations continue to grow, it will be crucial to create centers that provide potential for a prosperous future. The placement of integrated productive landscapes in cities focuses food production locally while providing public spaces that encourage community interaction, helping transform the urban environment. Like many cities, Kansas City, Missouri has created an urban structure void of food production, relying on food from outside sources. Additionally, the city lacks public spaces deterring community and social interaction. Integrated productive landscapes are presented as opportunities to introduce agriculture into the urban fabric using suitable sites located in the very heart of the city. In this report, the Interstate 670 Corridor is re-envisioned as a productive landscape used to connect the community to local food and encourage social interaction. The corridor demonstrates the seamless integration of agriculture into Kansas City’s urban core, creating a multi-functional productive space that fuses with the public realm in a way that can be appreciated by those who experience it.

L’État de Genève, Régionyon, ainsi que dix intercommunalités françaises de l’Ain et de la Haute-Savoie se sont regroupés pour former le Grand Genève et aménager l’espace transfrontalier. La question de la frontière est omniprésente à Genève et a un rôle central dans son développement. Pendant très longtemps, l’agriculture et l’approvisionnement alimentaire ont constitué un lien de cohésion permanent entre Genève et son hinterland. Régie par deux politiques agricoles, l’agriculture du bassin genevois se structure et s’oriente désormais sur des marchés différents, ce malgré une zone franche qui perdure. À l’heure de la métropolisation, elle est impactée de manière différenciée par la diffusion de l’urbanisation, à la croisée des modes de planifications suisses et français. Pourtant, le Projet d'Agglomération Franco-Valdo-Genevois, porté par le Grand Genève, met l’agriculture au cœur du projet d’aménagement transfrontalier. Dans un contexte frontalier tendu entre les acteurs, la mobilisation de l’agriculture dans le Grand Genève, n’est pas admise par tous. Tantôt promus, tantôt bloqués, les projets agricoles peinent parfois à voir le jour et à être partagés par tous. En outre, les jeux d’acteurs et la prise en compte de l’agriculture par le politique ne sont pas dénués de considérations territoriales, qui dépassent largement l’économique. L’agriculture est convoquée pour tenter de dépasser les blocages transfrontaliers et donner une cohésion territoriale au projet d’aménagement du Grand Genève. / The State of Geneva, Régionyon and ten French inter-municipalities joined together to shape Greater Geneva and plan the cross-border area. The border issue is omnipresent in Geneva and has an important role in its development. For a long time, agriculture and food supply were a permanent link between cohesion Geneva and its hinterland. Governed by two agricultural policies, agriculture in the Geneva area is structured and now focusing on different markets, despite enduring a free zone. At the time of metropolization is differentially affected by the spread of urbanization, at the crossroads of modes of Swiss and French plans. Yet the Agglomeration Project Franco-Valdo-Genevois, carried by the Greater Geneva, puts agriculture at the heart of the cross-border development project. In a border tense situation between the actors, the mobilization of agriculture in the Greater Geneva is not accepted by all. Sometimes promoted, sometimes blocked, agricultural projects have some difficulties to emerge and be shared by all. In addition, the actors' performance and the inclusion of agriculture by the policy are not devoid of territorial considerations that go far beyond the economic. Agriculture is convened to try to overcome cross-border bottlenecks and give a territorial cohesion project for developing the Grand Geneva.