Sustainable food systems : the role of the city /

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Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by reasserting co-operative traditions. This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today's global food crisis. By...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biel, Robert, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Food supply.
Food security.
Urban agriculture.
Sustainable agriculture.
Sécurité alimentaire.
Agriculture urbaine.
Agriculture durable.
Aliments > Approvisionnement.
sustainable agriculture (discipline)
Development studies.
Urban communities.
Sociology & anthropology.
Sociology.
Urban & municipal planning.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Food security
Food supply
Sustainable agriculture
Urban agriculture
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Searching for a new model of food and farming
  • The mainstream farming paradigm : what went wrong?
  • How systems change : crisis and rift
  • Embracing complexity : the earth system, land and soil
  • Dialectics of a (re)discovered sustainability
  • Political dimensions : agriculture and class struggle
  • Towards a new paradigm : practical guidelines
  • Regenerating the earth system, working with climate
  • Food, imperialism and dependency
  • Built systems, biomimicry and urban food-growing
  • Autonomy, radicalism and the commons.

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