For Hunger-Proof Cities : Sustainable Urban Food Systems.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781552500620 1552500624 1280717440 9781280717444 9786610717446 6610717443 |