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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Pueyo-Ros, Josep author Škerjanec, Mateja author Castellar da Cunha, Joana Amèrica author Atanasova, Nataša author Comas Matas, Joaquim author Corominas Tabares, Lluís author 2024-01 In the first decades of the 21st century, urban agriculture has gained attention for its role in enhancing food security, particularly in developing nations. Additionally, it is commonly assumed that urban agriculture also has positive implications for other aspects of urban sustainability, such as mitigating runoff and creating job opportunities. However, the extent of these contributions has not been extensively quantified. This study aims to address this gap by presenting a stochastic model that quantifies the contributions of urban agriculture to urban sustainability, using Sant Feliu de Llobregat, a Mediterranean city, as a case study. We assessed eight indicators, including accessibility to green areas, food self-reliance, green surface area per capita, job creation, NO2 sequestration, runoff mitigation, urban heat island effect, and volunteer participation. These indicators were estimated across twelve different simulated scenarios using 1000 Monte Carlo simulations for each scenario, to account for uncertainties. The findings revealed that the contributions of urban agriculture are not straightforward, as they are influenced by factors such as garden typology and location. Although urban agriculture typically originates as a grassroots movement, it often receives administrative support. Therefore, strategic planning can be employed to maximize the contributions of urban agriculture to urban sustainability and minimize trade-offs between social and environmental benefits Authors acknowledge the support from the European Union Horizon 2020 innovation & action project EdiCitNet (GA776665), the Economy and Knowledge Department of the Catalan Government through Consolidated Research Groups ICRA tech (2021-SGR-01283) and LEQUIA (2021-SGR-01352), the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P2-0180), and the CERCA program Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Elsevier 11 Agricultura urbana Urban agriculture Desenvolupament urbà sostenible Sustainable urban development Beyond food: A stochastic model to estimate the contributions of urban agriculture to sustainability