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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1. Challenges and Perspectives for Food and Agriculture in
Urbanized Societies in the 21st Century: An Introduction; Potira V. Preiss,
Sergio Schneider, and Terry Marsden
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2. Public Food Policies in Difficult Times: Consumers and the State;
Tim Lang
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3. Sustainable Agri-Food Transformations and the Rise of Disruptive
Governance; Terry Marsden
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4. Responsibility for Food Sovereignty in an Urbanizing and Risky
World; Evan Bowness, Hannah Wittman, Annette Desmarais, Colin Dring, Dana
James, Angela McIntyre, and Tabitha Robin Martens
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5. The Role of Business in Sustainable Development: Becoming Benefit
Corporations in the Agri-Food Sector; Jacopo Gabriele Orlando and Gianluca
Brunori
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6. Fostering New Rural-Urban Relationships Through Markets, and the
Key Role of Governance; Sergio Schneider and Abel Cassol
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7. South Africa After Covid-19: Identifying the Overlooked Economic
Actors Needed for a Just and Equitable Food System; Marc Wegerif
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8. The Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Food Systems: Insights
From the Brazilian Experience; Potira V. Preiss and Fernanda C. Franēa de
Vasconcellos
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9. Urban Agriculture as a Way to Address Social Inequalities From an
Agroecological Approach, at Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina; Javier Couretot,
Graciela Ottmann, and Antonio Lattuca
Sergio Schneider is Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Potira V. Preiss is a Post-doctoral Fellow at Regional Development Programme, University of Santa Cruz do Sul UNISC, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Terry Marsden is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy and Planning, in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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