Abrantes, PatríciaMarques da Costa, EduardaGomes, Eduardo2022-10-252022-10-252022Abrantes, P., Marques da Costa, E., & Gomes, E. (2022). Towards a typology of agri-urban patterns to support spatial planning: evidence from Lisbon, Portugal. Landscape Research, 48(1), 88-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2022.2136366.0142-6397http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54866Urbanisation in Europe has been the main cause of agricultural land fragmentation and agricultural land use loss and has given rise to significant socio-economic and environmental costs, particularly in urban regions. Accordingly, there is a consensus in the literature that sustaining urban and peri-urban agriculture are significant towards urban sustainable development. This paper aims to characterise agri-urban spatial patterns and changes occurring in the Lisbon metropolitan region (LMR) by using indicators from both urban and agricultural dimensions. A self-organising map (SOM) clustering method was used to build an agri-urban classification. Nine clusters were proposed. We found that in the LMR, urban and agriculture patterns are diverse: agriculture can range from gardening to intensive and extensive forms; and from decline to stability. We discuss that the use of multidimensional indicators enables comprehensive typologies and allows for a better territorial diagnosis that can contribute to informing decision-makers towards more effective protection of agriculture in spatial planning.engAgri-urban indicatorsCluster analysisSelf-organising maps (SOM)Spatial planningLisbon metropolitan region (LMR)journal article10.1080/01426397.2022.21363661469-9710