New pathways for governing food system transformations: a pluralistic practice-based futures approach using visioning, back-casting, and serious gaming

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cg.contributor.affiliationUtrecht University
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxford
cg.contributor.affiliationResearch Institute for Humanity and Nature
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryJapan
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2JP
cg.coverage.regionEastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierJoost Vervoort: 0000-0001-8289-7429
cg.creator.identifierChristoph D. D. Rupprecht: 0000-0003-1809-2129
cg.edition24(4)
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5751/es-11014-240402
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-FP1_Scenarios
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn1708-3087
cg.issue4
cg.journalEcology and Society
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSA
cg.volume24
dc.contributor.authorMangnus, Astrid C
dc.contributor.authorVervoort, Joost M.
dc.contributor.authorMcGreevy, Steven R
dc.contributor.authorOta, Kazuhiko
dc.contributor.authorRupprecht, Christoph DD
dc.contributor.authorOga, Momoe
dc.contributor.authorKobayashi, Mai
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-13T15:12:55Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-13T15:12:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107761
dc.titleNew pathways for governing food system transformations: a pluralistic practice-based futures approach using visioning, back-casting, and serious gamingen
dcterms.abstractThe global environmental change that characterizes the Anthropocene poses a threat to food systems. Cities increasingly serve as the spaces where civil society, private actors, and local governments come together to strategize toward more sustainable food futures and experiment with new forms of food governance. However, much of the futures literature in the context of sustainability focuses on large-scale, global scenarios. These are important pieces of knowledge, but they often do not effect a change in local perspectives and practices. In this paper we respond to the need for novel futures approaches to help urban coalitions of societal actors create pathways to sustainability transformations. We investigate how existing examples of good practices, or “seeds,” can be used to open up novel, desirable, bottom-up futures in the case study of Kyoto (Japan). Innovative combinations of methodologies (visioning, back-casting, simulation games) are used and assessed in order to create multiple ways of experimenting and engaging with food system futures. Our results consist of a pluriform pathway to a sustainable Kyoto food system. Each method brings in its unique pathway elements: visioning to formulate a desired end goal, back-casting to create a step-by-step action plan, and gaming to practice with the future. The combination of Kyoto-based “seeds” with initiatives from elsewhere and with a new food system governance model (a food policy council) resulted in participants learning about new food system practices, extending their networks, and support for actualizing a food policy council. We conclude that multimethod futures processes that combine existing practices and new modes of governance are a promising new way to outline various pathways for sustainability transformations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2019
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMangnus AC, Vervoort JM, McGreevy SR, Ota K, Rupprecht CDD, Oga M, Kobayashi M. 2019. New pathways for governing food system transformations: a pluralistic practice-based futures approach using visioning, back-casting, and serious gaming. Ecology and Society 24(4):2.en
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dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherResilience Alliance, Inc.
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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