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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456106903321

Titolo

For hunger-proof cities [[electronic resource] ] : sustainable urban food systems / / edited by Mustafa Koc ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c1999

ISBN

1-280-71744-0

9786610717446

1-55250-062-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Koc̦Mustafa

Disciplina

338.19

363.8

Soggetti

Food supply

Food supply - Developing countries

Nutrition policy

Sustainable agriculture

Urban health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems...at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--P. 4.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Food Security Is a Global Concern; Part 1. The Concept of Urban Food Security; Part 2. Local Food Systems; Part 3. Urban and Community Agriculture; Part 4. Accessibility and Urban Food Distribution; Part 5. Ecological and Health Concerns; Part 6. Engendering the Food System; Part 7. The Politics of Food and Food Policy; Part 8. Toward Food Democracy; Appendix 1. Abstracts; Appendix 2. Contributing Authors; Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations;

Sommario/riassunto

For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It examines existing local food systems and ways to improve the availability and accessibility of food for city dwellers. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation between urban and rural populations. It



explores what existing marketing and distribution structures can do to improve accessibility and what the emerging forms of food-distribution systems are, and how they can contribute to alleviating hunger in the cities. Finally, the book discusses the underly