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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Otros Autores: Koc̦, Mustafa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©1999.
Temas:
Food supply > Congresses.
Food supply > Developing countries > Congresses.
Nutrition policy > Congresses.
Sustainable agriculture > Congresses.
Urban health > Congresses.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Congrès.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Pays en voie de développement > Congrès.
Politique alimentaire > Congrès.
Agriculture durable > Congrès.
Santé urbaine > Congrès.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
COOKING > General.
Food supply.
Nutrition policy.
Sustainable agriculture.
Urban health.
Voedselvoorziening.
Stedelijke gebieden.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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.
Notas:"Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems ... at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--Page 4
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1552500624
9781552500620
0889368821
9780889368828

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