UID:
almahu_9949560994602882
Format:
1 online resource (601 p.)
ISBN:
90-8686-826-6
Content:
Half the world's population is now urbanised and cities are assuming a larger role in debates about the security and sustainability of the global food system. Hence, planning for sustainable food production and consumption is becoming an increasingly important issue for planners, policymakers, designers, farmers, suppliers, activists, business and scientists alike. The rapid growth of the food planning movement owes much to the unique multi-functional character of food systems. In the wider contexts of global climate change, resource depletion, a burgeoning world population, competing food pro
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Note from the editors; Table of contents; Foreword; Tom Bliss; Chapter 1. Sustainable urban food provisioning; Johannes S.C. Wiskerke1 and André Viljoen2; Chapter 2. Sitopia - harnessing the power of food; Carolyn Steel; Chapter 3. The integration of food and agriculture into urban planning and design practices; Joe L. Nasr1 and June D. Komisar2; Part 1. Urban food governance; Chapter 4. Food and the city: the challenge of urban food governance; Petra Derkzen1 and Kevin Morgan2; Chapter 5. Food Policy Councils: recovering the local level in food policy; Philipp Stierand
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Chapter 6. How food travels to the public agendaSimone Plantinga and Petra Derkzen; Chapter 7. Food system planning in small, buzz-less cities: challenges and opportunities; Melanie Bedore; Chapter 8. Planning for urban agriculture: problem recognition, policy formation, and politics; Nevin Cohen; Chapter 9. Urban food procurement governance; Ségolène Darly; Chapter 10. The role of municipal markets in urban food strategies: a case study; Georgia Machell and Martin Caraher; Chapter 11. Traditional food markets: re-assessing their role in food provisioning; Julie Smith
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Chapter 12. Marking the boundaries: position taking in the field of 'alternative' food consumptionJessica Paddock; Chapter 13. Resilient urban community gardening programmes in the US and municipal-third sector ...; Henry Barmeier1 and Xenia K. Morin2; Part 2. Integrating health, environment and society; Chapter 14. Integrating health, environment and society - introducing a new arena; Bettina B. Bock1 and Martin Caraher2; Chapter 15. Policy for sustainable development and food for the city of Malmö; Gunilla Andersson and Helen Nilsson
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Chapter 16. Meat moderation as a challenge for government and civil societyTobias Leenaert; Chapter 17. The perilous road from community activism to public policy; Laura Davis1 and John Middleton2,3; Chapter 18. Making local food sustainable in Manchester; Les Levidow1 and Katerina Psarikidou2; Chapter 19. Defining food co-ops; Martin Caraher and Georgia Machell; Chapter 20. Appetite for change; Anna Hawkins; Part 3. Urban agriculture; Chapter 21. Urban agriculture in developed economies; Jan Willem van der Schans and Johannes S.C. Wiskerke
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Chapter 22. The purpose of urban food production in developed countriesSilvio Caputo; Chapter 23. Farming in Motown; Erica Giorda; Chapter 24. Why is there agriculture in Tokyo?; Nelly Niwa; Chapter 25. Recommended practices for climate-smart urban and peri-urban agriculture; Tara L. Moreau1,3, Tegan Adams2,3, Kent Mullinix3, Arthur Fallick3 and Patrick M. Condon4; Chapter 26. The impact of local food production on food miles, fossil energy use and emission; Jan-Eelco Jansma1, Wijnand Sukkel1, Eveline S.C. Stilma1, Alex C. van Oost2 and Andries J. Visser1
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Chapter 27. Urban agriculture and seasonal food footprints
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-8686-187-3
Language:
English
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