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Space and Food in the City: Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture de Alec Thornton

Space and Food in the City: Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture

Autor Alec Thornton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 mai 2018
Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book explores citizens’ ‘rights to city’ and alternative views on urban space and the growing importance of urban food systems.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319893235
ISBN-10: 3319893238
Pagini: 104
Ilustrații: X, 126 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Urban agriculture: overview of the field & early models of urban food governance.- 3. City case studies in urban governance and urban activism.- 4. Conclusions.

Notă biografică

Alec Thornton is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has a PhD in Development Studies (Sussex, UK). He is Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg. His research takes a critical approach to rural and urban agriculture in developed and developing countries.

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Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book explores citizens’ ‘rights to city’ and alternative views on urban space and the growing importance of urban food systems.

Caracteristici

Provides timely insight into the potential of Urban Agriculture to strengthen marginalised communities in Western cities Makes important distinctions between Urban Agriculture in developed and developing countries in order to develop comprehensive case study analysis Offers the potential for international and interdisciplinary appeal