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Record Nr.

UNINA9910357818703321

Autore

Blay-Palmer Alison

Titolo

Sustainable food system assessment : lessons from global practice / / edited by Alison Blay-Palmer, Damien ConareĢ, Ken Meter, Amanda Di Battista, Carla Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2019

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

0-429-43989-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Disciplina

338.19

Soggetti

Food supply - Environmental aspects

Sustainable agriculture

Nutrition policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Earthscan from Routledge" -- title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Sustainable Food System Assessment provides both practical and theoretical insights about the growing interest in and response to measuring food system sustainability. Bringing together research from the Global North and South, this book shares lessons learned, explores intended and actual project outcomes, and highlights points of conceptual and methodological convergence. Interest in assessing food system sustainability is growing, as evidenced by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the importance food-systems initiatives have taken in serving as a lever for attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book opens by looking at the conceptual considerations of food systems indicators, including the place-based dimensions of food systems indicators and how measurements are implicated in sense-making and visioning processes. Chapters in the second section cover operationalizing metrics, including the development of food systems indicator frameworks, degrees of indicator complexities, and practical constraints to assessment. The final section focuses on the outcomes of assessment projects, including impacts on food policy and communities involved, highlighting the importance of building



connections between sustainable food systems initiatives. The global coverage and multi-scalar perspectives, including both conceptual and practical aspects, makes this a key resource for academics and practitioners across planning, geography, urban studies, food studies and research methods. It will also be of interest to government officials and those working within NGOs"--