Razumevanje važnosti sigurnosti hrane u održivom gradu (Understanding the Importance of Food Security in Sustainable City)

In the history of conflict, many times starvations used as a weapon caused deadly consequences. On other hand, there are many literature sources, which confirmed that conflict often involves competition over control of the factors of food production (land and water). Food security is one of the parts of human security, also defined in the UN Agenda 2030 as a second sustainable development goal. Despite all efforts, assuring food security is a complex task. Therefore, this task entails the active involvement of all stakeholders. The paper aims to identify potential impacts of anticipated changes in urban area on food security, and to facilitate regional cooperation in better understanding the current food security challenges. Authors use adequate methodology in social science to analyse developing and implementing urban sustainable strategies to address interruption the normal supply chain in the urban areas. The need for modern versions of urban agriculture is also inspected. Furthermore, authors present a need to identify urban contaminated sites, assess health risks to the population, and thereafter aim to reduce production of food to remove exposure to existing contaminants. Thus, monitoring plays a vital role in providing enough quantity of safe food for urban population. In the context of the COVID 19 pandemic and few ongoing conflicts, results identify the practical approach to enhance self-reliance in food within the cities and its crosscutting with rural areas. Cities in Serbia have to reassess of urban sustainability in the light of improving food security