Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies
eBook - ePub

Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies

Pathways for a Better Future

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies

Pathways for a Better Future

About this book

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 Societies confronts the persistence of social inequalities, constant waves of economic crises and accelerating climate shifts, asking, how and to what extent food systems will recover and rebuild after the unprecedented eruption of a pandemic?

An in-depth diagnosis of the state of the art of the current and dominant agri-food system, the broad and diverse collective intelligence in this edited collection proposes alternatives for change and redesign, bringing together a set of pioneering ideas and solutions to old and new problems. From environmental regeneration and the quality of food to the nutritional, political and economic perspective, the chapters culminate with the focus on developing a more integrative and systematic approach towards urban and rural areas.

Inspiring innovative and sustainable practices, governance perspectives and informing public policies, Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies offers the most current research on urbanized agriculture to truly provide 'pathways for a better future' to foster more equitable and fair societies.

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Yes, you can access Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies by Sergio Schneider, Potira V. Preiss, Terry Marsden, Sergio Schneider,Potira V. Preiss,Terry Marsden in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Agricultural Public Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Editors
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Challenges and Perspectives for Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies in the 21st Century: An Introduction
  10. Public Food Policies in Difficult Times: Consumers and the State
  11. Sustainable Agri-Food Transformations and the Rise of Disruptive Governance
  12. Responsibility for Food Sovereignty in an Urbanizing and Risky World
  13. The Role of Business in Sustainable Development: Becoming Benefit Corporations in the Agri-Food Sector
  14. Fostering New Rural-Urban Relationships Through Markets, and the Key Role of Governance
  15. South Africa After COVID-19: Identifying the Overlooked Economic Actors Needed for a Just and Equitable Food System
  16. The Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Food Systems: Insights From the Brazilian Experience
  17. Urban Agriculture as a Way to Address Social Inequalities From an Agroecological Approach, at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina ´
  18. Index