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1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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"Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems ... at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--Page 4. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Food Security Is a Global Concern""; ""Part 1. The Concept of Urban Food Security""; ""For Self-reliant Cities: Urban Food Production in a Globalizing South""; ""Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Combining Social Justice and Sustainability for Food Security""; ""Part 2. Local Food Systems""; ""Promoting Sustainable Local Food Systems in the United States""; ""Community Agriculture Initiatives in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, United Kingdom"" |
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""Developing an Integrated, Sustainable Urban Food System: The Case of New Jersey, United States""""Public Policy and the Transition to Locally Based Food Networks""; ""Part 3. Urban and Community Agriculture""; ""Urban Agriculture in the Seasonal Tropics: The Case of Lusaka, Zambia""; ""The Contribution of Urban Agriculture to Gardeners, Their Households, and Surrounding Communities: The Case of Havana, Cuba""; ""Agriculture in the Metropolitan Park of Havana, Cuba""; ""People at the Centre of Urban Livestock Projects""; ""Measuring the Sustainability of Urban Agriculture"" |
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""Part 4. Accessibility and Urban Food Distribution""""Food Banks as Antihunger Organizations""; ""Bottlenecks in the Informal Food-transportation Network of Harare, Zimbabwe""; ""From Staple Store to Supermarket: The Case of TANSAS in Izmir, Turkey""; ""A Nonprofit System for Fresh-produce Distribution: The Case of Toronto, Canada""; ""Part 5. Ecological and Health Concerns""; ""Urban Food, Health, and the Environment: The Case of Upper Silesia, Poland""; ""Reuse of Waste for Food Production in Asian Cities: Health and Economic Perspectives"" |
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""How Meat-centred Eating Patterns Affect Food Security and the Environment""""Farming the Built Environment""; ""Part 6. Engendering the Food System""; ""Gender and Sustainable Food Systems: A Feminist Critique""; ""Women Workers in the NAFTA Food Chain""; ""Canadian Rural Women Reconstructing Agriculture""; ""Part 7. The Politics of Food and Food Policy""; ""Contemporary Food and Farm Policy in the United States""; ""Policy Failure in the Canadian Food System""; ""Urban Agriculture as Food-access Policy""; ""Part 8. Toward Food Democracy"" |
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""Reaffirming the Right to Food in Canada: The Role of Community-based Food Security""""Youth, Urban Governance, and Sustainable Food Systems: The Cases of Hamilton and Victoria, Canada""; ""Food Policy for the 21st Century: Can It Be Both Radical and Reasonable?""; ""Appendix 1. Abstracts""; ""Appendix 2. Contributing Authors""; ""Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Congresses.
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Food supply. |
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Food supply -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
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Developing countries. |
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Nutrition policy -- Congresses.
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Nutrition policy. |
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Sustainable agriculture -- Congresses.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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Urban health -- Congresses.
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Urban health. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Koç, Mustafa, 1969-
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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| Added Title |
Hunger-proof cities |
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Sustainable urban food systems |
| Other Form: |
Print version: For hunger-proof cities. Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©1999 0889368821 (DLC) 2001369510 (OCoLC)41504834 |
| ISBN |
1552500624 (electronic book) |
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9781552500620 (electronic book) |
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0889368821 |
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9780889368828 |
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