02889nam 2200613z- 450 991083679560332120240308205353.01-911307-10-X(CKB)5680000000036203(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30335(EXLCZ)99568000000003620320202102d2016 |y eengurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSustainable Food SystemsUCL Press2016London, [England] :UCL Press,2016.©20161 electronic resource (152 p.)1-911307-07-X 9781911307090 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Biel’s approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He suggests that today’s food insecurity – manifested in a regime of wildly fluctuating prices – reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable order. Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years’ experience as a practising urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciencesDevelopment studiesbicsscUrban communitiesbicsscSociology & anthropologybicsscSociologybicsscUrban & municipal planningbicsscSustainable agriculturebicsscurban agricultureco-operativessustainabilityfood securityCapitalismParadigmSelf-organizationDevelopment studiesUrban communitiesSociology & anthropologySociologyUrban & municipal planningSustainable agriculture338.19Biel Robertauth1282247MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910836795603321Sustainable Food Systems3018759UNINA