Food and urbanism : the convivial city and a sustainable future /

"Cities are now home to over fifty per cent of the world's population, but the contribution of food to shaping cities is often overlooked. Food matters in designing and planning cities because how it is grown, transported, bought, cooked, eaten, cleaned up and disposed of has significant e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parham, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Sustainable urban development.
Food > Social aspects.
Sociology, Urban.
City planning.
Urbanisme durable.
Aliments > Aspect social.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
Food & society.
Urban & municipal planning.
Urban communities.
Human geography.
Sociology.
Architecture.
Sustainability.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
City planning
Food > Social aspects
Sociology, Urban
Sustainable urban development
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Food, domesticity and design : Starting with the table
  • The garden and gastronomy
  • Part II. Gastronomy and the urbanism of public space : Food's outdoor room ; The gastronomic townscape
  • Ambivalent suburbia
  • Convivial green space
  • Part III. Food space and urbanism on the edge : The productive periphery
  • The megalopolitan food realm
  • The critical food region
  • Conclusion : Food and urbanism in review.

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