Environmental Resilience—Food and the City

The production and consumption of food in urban centres has changed many activities within urban centres to ensure food availability and reduce food insecurity among urban populations. This study seeks to unveil the interconnection between food systems, processes, the city and the environment. Many sources have been used to indicate and scrutinise the connection between these relations. Already existing studies have been used to support this notion. This chapter demonstrates that there is a relationship between food production, marketing and its consumption together with the city and the environment. Food and its processes have got both positive and negative impacts on the environment as revealed by this chapter. From the information gathered, it has been discovered that the production of food has greater effects and is both a threat to the environment as it results in the emission of greenhouse gasses that cause climate change while urban agriculture is also a solution to climate change as it allows the capture and storage of carbon gasses in the plants and crops that are grown in the urban societies. It is recommended that food production in the cities be done in such a way that the environment is preserved. In as much as food is a necessity in the cities, correct measures should be taken to strike a balance between the production and the environment.