Local food systems in old industrial regions : concepts, spatial context, and local practices (original) (raw)

Ashgate, 2012

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Contents: Foreword Local food systems and old industrial regions, Neil Reid, Jay D. Gatrell and Paula Ross A systems modelling framework for the role of agriculture in a sustainable urban ecosystem, Sara Metcalf Social networks, ecological frameworks, and local economies, Casey Hoy, Steve Bosserman and Ross MacDonald Extreme environments: urban farming, technological disasters, and a framework for rethinking urban gardening, Erica Giorda Feeding the hungry: analysis of food insecurity in lower income urban communities, Mahbubur R. Meenar Benchmarking local food systems in older industrial regions, James T. Hathaway Urban food deserts: policy issues, access, and planning for a community food system, Jeanette Eckert and Sujata Shetty Local food systems: the birth of new farmers and the demise of the family farm?, Jill K. Clark, Shoshanah Inwood and Jeff S. Sharp Defining local food systems, Peleg Kremer, Tracey L. DeLiberty and Yda Schreuder Urban food production limits and the viability of community gardens: the case of Hartford, Connecticut, C. Patrick Heidkamp, Scott E. Russell and Meghan Sloan Neoliberalism and local food systems: understanding the narrative of hunger in the United States, Harold Perkins Planning for sustainable food systems: an analysis of food system assessments from the United States and Canada, Marisol Pierce-Quinonez Characterization of the built food environment for single parent households in an older industrial city, Lewiston, Maine, David E. Harris, Michelle Vazquez Jacobus, Holly A. Ewing, Sonja K. Pieck, Emily Kane and Janet Whatley Blum Toward a relational geography of local food systems: or wicked food problems without quick spatial fixes, Neil Reid, Jay D. Gatrell and Paula Ross Appendices Index.

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