El minifundio y la huerta

Relaciones socioespaciales en la estructuración del sistema agroalimentario local del Baix Llobregat

Abstract

Twenty-five years after its creation, the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park remains a relevant case in planning and managing peri-urban agricultural land. Besides being a land-use protection mechanism, the ‘agricultural park’ as a planning figure aims to dynamize its productive, morphological, and natural assets. Within the current debate on the agroecological transition, climate change, and local agri-food systems, this case becomes more relevant given that various scales of horticultural and fruit production play a role in the local agri-food system. This analysis constructs socio-spatial relationships inside and outside the park. It demonstrates that through the relationship between land tenure, land management, and production systems, issues and challenges emerge that can feed the debate on planning peri-urban agrarian spaces and the challenges faced by local production systems.