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Food and agriculture in urbanized societies pathways for a better future

"For the first time in human history, more people inhabit urban than rural areas. Investigating the experience of hunger and malnutrition in urban spaces, Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societiesconfronts the persistence of social inequalities, constant waves of economic crises and accelerat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schneider, Sergio (Editor ), Preiss, Potira V. (Editor ), Marsden, Terry (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK Emerald Publishing Limited 2023.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Research in rural sociology and development ; v. 26.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Challenges and perspectives for food and agriculture in urbanized societies in the 21st century : an introduction / Potira V. Preiss, Sergio Schneider and Terry Marsden
  • Public food policies in difficult times : consumers and the state / Tim Lang
  • Sustainable agri-food transformations and the rise of disruptive governance / Terry Marsden
  • Responsibility for food sovereignty in an urbanizing and risky world / Evan Bowness, Hannah Wittman, Annette Aurelie Desmarais, Colin Dring, Dana James, Angela McIntyre and Tabitha Robin Martens
  • The role of business in sustainable development : becoming benefit corporations in the agri-food sector / Jacopo Gabriele Orlando and Gianluca Brunori
  • Fostering new rural-urban relationships through markets, and the key role of governance / Sergio Schneider and Abel Cassol
  • South Africa after COVID-19 : identifying the overlooked economic actors needed for a just and equitable food system / Marc Wegerif
  • The role of civil society in sustainable food systems : insights from the Brazilian experience / Potira V. Preiss and Fernanda C. França de Vasconcellos
  • Urban agriculture as a way to address social inequalities from an agroecological approach, at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina / Javier Couretot, Graciela Ottmann and Antonio Lattuca