For hunger-proof cities : sustainable urban food systems / edited by Mustafa Koc ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Koc, Mustafa.

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Congresses.

Food supply.

Food supply--Developing countries--Congresses.

Nutrition policy--Congresses.

Nutrition policy.

Sustainable agriculture--Congresses.

Sustainable agriculture.

Urban health--Congresses.

Urban health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Other Title:

Hunger-proof cities

Sustainable urban food systems

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It examines existing local food systems and ways to improve the availability and accessibility of food for city dwellers. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation between urban and rural populations. It explores what existing marketing and distribution structures can do to improve accessibility and what the emerging forms of food-distribution systems are, and how they can contribute to alleviating hunger in the cities. Finally, the book discusses the underly

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Food Security Is a Global Concern; Part 1. The Concept of Urban Food Security; Part 2. Local Food Systems; Part 3. Urban and Community Agriculture; Part 4. Accessibility and Urban Food Distribution; Part 5. Ecological and Health Concerns; Part 6. Engendering the Food System; Part 7. The Politics of Food and Food Policy; Part 8. Toward Food Democracy; Appendix 1. Abstracts; Appendix 2. Contributing Authors; Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations;

Notes:

"Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems...at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--P. 4.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-71744-0

9786610717446

1-55250-062-4

OCLC:

243500540