Space and Food in the City - Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture

Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book explores citizens' 'rights to city' and alternative views on urban space and the growing importance of urban food systems.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Urban agriculture: overview of the field & early models of urban food governance.- 3. City case studies in urban governance and urban activism.- 4. Conclusions.

Zusammenfassung

Provides timely insight into the potential of Urban Agriculture to strengthen marginalised communities in Western cities
Makes important distinctions between Urban Agriculture in developed and developing countries in order to develop comprehensive case study analysis
Offers the potential for international and interdisciplinary appeal.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alec Thornton
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.05.2018
• EAN: 9783319893235
• ISBN: 978-3-31-989323-5
• Seiten: 126
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 214 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 275 g
• Illustration: X, 126 p.
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie; C, Social Inequality, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Urban Sociology, Social Structure, Sociology: work & labour, Human Geography, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology