Chapter 9 The Contributions of Urban Agriculture to the Promotion of Food Security in the Context of Climate Change: A Literature-Based Review Emanuelle Parenti, André Borchardt Deggau, Samara da Silva Neiva, Manoela de Oliveira Veras, Luíza Luchi de Paulo Gewehr, and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra Abstract After an intensification of climate change following industrial revolutions with impacts on the social, economic and environmental spheres of human develop- ment, issues related to food security have emerged mainly in urban centers. There is a progressive population growth in cities; transporting food from rural areas to urban centers presents difficulties, and there is insufficient space to continue using current production systems in agricultural areas. In this context, this article proposes a literature review aiming to expose the contributions of urban agriculture for the promotion of food security in the context of climate change. Since the increase of pests and diseases motivated by climate changes decreases the nutritional quality of agriculture production, urban agriculture is a more sustainable method that uses city gardens to ensure the access to food in sufficient quantity and quality for the devel- opment of a certain urban population, mainly in under-developed countries, thereby cooperating for food security. E. Parenti · A. B. Deggau (B ) · S. da Silva Neiva · M. de Oliveira Veras · L. L. de Paulo Gewehr · J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra Center for Sustainable Development, University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL), Tubarão, Brazil e-mail: andre.deggau@gmail.com E. Parenti e-mail: emanuelleparenti@gmail.com S. da Silva Neiva e-mail: samara.neiva@unisul.br M. de Oliveira Veras e-mail: manoveras13@gmail.com L. L. de Paulo Gewehr e-mail: luizagewehrr@gmail.com J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra e-mail: baltazar.guerra@unisul.br © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 W. Leal Filho and J. B. S. de Andrade Guerra (eds.), Water, Energy and Food Nexus in the Context of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57235-8_9 103