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Earthscan Publications Ltd eBooks, 2010
Handbook of Systems Sciences, 2020
Understanding Human Ecology, 2014
The development of strong local food networks could play a key role in the creation of socially j... more The development of strong local food networks could play a key role in the creation of socially just, environmentally sustainable and resilient food systems in the future. In order for the potential of these networks to be assessed, we need adequate local data on the four key food system components: food production, processing and transportation, consumer access and utilisation, and waste, re-use and post-use management. However, in many locales there is insufficient information gathered and analysed in relation to regional production and consumption of food. This inhibits the implementation of best land use planning and, potentially, compromises future food security. This paper presents a case study of the food system in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and demonstrates how knowledge gaps restrict the capacity to adequately plan for the Territory’s food future. In doing so, the paper TURNER, PEARSON AND DYBALL—PLANNING FOR REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY Locale: The Australasian-Paci...
United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark meets with a team students and facul... more United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark meets with a team students and faculty from Victoria University that designed a net-zero energy solar model house.
Food security is becoming one of the most significant political, economic and environmental chall... more Food security is becoming one of the most significant political, economic and environmental challenges faced by governments around the world. Despite Australia’s wealth and abundant agricultural resources, this issue affects Australian cities. In order to develop effective strategies to decrease the vulnerability of Australian cities to food supply disturbances, the nature of food flows between cities and the agro-ecosystems upon which they depend must first be understood. Australia’s urban populations tend to be affluent and have specific expectations regarding the types of food they believe should be available to them all year round. The corporations that supply these consumers draw on food sourced from remote agro-ecosystems with little regard for local or seasonal produce. The vulnerability of a city’s food supply therefore no longer depends on local constraints affecting its immediate hinterlands, but on ecological and socio-political factors affecting the remote regions from w...
The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim, 2022
One of the centralsustainability challenges of ourtime is how to achieve food security for a popu... more One of the centralsustainability challenges of ourtime is how to achieve food security for a population anticipated to exceed nine billion by 2050 while minimizing further environmental degradation.1 Further, food consumption patterns are changing rapidly as average wealth increases(especially forthe emerging ‘middle class’ in much of the world), leading to many people consuming more food overall, and particularly more meat.2 This needsto be seen in the context of naturalresource depletion, stagnating rural economies,significant social and sociocultural changessuch asthe ‘Westernization’ of diets, and a changing climate.
Earthscan Publications Ltd, 2005
The personal learning of the organizing group is explored through reflexivity and negotiation, ... more The personal learning of the organizing group is explored through reflexivity and negotiation, enabled by tools that could help other small collaborating groups with three essential elements of social learning:integration: to identify and build on their individual ...
The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim, 2022
Understanding Human Ecology, 2014
Earthscan Publications Ltd eBooks, 2010
Handbook of Systems Sciences, 2020
Understanding Human Ecology, 2014
The development of strong local food networks could play a key role in the creation of socially j... more The development of strong local food networks could play a key role in the creation of socially just, environmentally sustainable and resilient food systems in the future. In order for the potential of these networks to be assessed, we need adequate local data on the four key food system components: food production, processing and transportation, consumer access and utilisation, and waste, re-use and post-use management. However, in many locales there is insufficient information gathered and analysed in relation to regional production and consumption of food. This inhibits the implementation of best land use planning and, potentially, compromises future food security. This paper presents a case study of the food system in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and demonstrates how knowledge gaps restrict the capacity to adequately plan for the Territory’s food future. In doing so, the paper TURNER, PEARSON AND DYBALL—PLANNING FOR REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY Locale: The Australasian-Paci...
United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark meets with a team students and facul... more United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark meets with a team students and faculty from Victoria University that designed a net-zero energy solar model house.
Food security is becoming one of the most significant political, economic and environmental chall... more Food security is becoming one of the most significant political, economic and environmental challenges faced by governments around the world. Despite Australia’s wealth and abundant agricultural resources, this issue affects Australian cities. In order to develop effective strategies to decrease the vulnerability of Australian cities to food supply disturbances, the nature of food flows between cities and the agro-ecosystems upon which they depend must first be understood. Australia’s urban populations tend to be affluent and have specific expectations regarding the types of food they believe should be available to them all year round. The corporations that supply these consumers draw on food sourced from remote agro-ecosystems with little regard for local or seasonal produce. The vulnerability of a city’s food supply therefore no longer depends on local constraints affecting its immediate hinterlands, but on ecological and socio-political factors affecting the remote regions from w...
The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim, 2022
One of the centralsustainability challenges of ourtime is how to achieve food security for a popu... more One of the centralsustainability challenges of ourtime is how to achieve food security for a population anticipated to exceed nine billion by 2050 while minimizing further environmental degradation.1 Further, food consumption patterns are changing rapidly as average wealth increases(especially forthe emerging ‘middle class’ in much of the world), leading to many people consuming more food overall, and particularly more meat.2 This needsto be seen in the context of naturalresource depletion, stagnating rural economies,significant social and sociocultural changessuch asthe ‘Westernization’ of diets, and a changing climate.
Earthscan Publications Ltd, 2005
The personal learning of the organizing group is explored through reflexivity and negotiation, ... more The personal learning of the organizing group is explored through reflexivity and negotiation, enabled by tools that could help other small collaborating groups with three essential elements of social learning:integration: to identify and build on their individual ...
The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim, 2022
Understanding Human Ecology, 2014