Urban Expansion and Food Security in New Zealand - The Collapse of Local Horticulture

This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security.

List of contents

Introduction: the suburban frontier
Part One Financializing the Kumeu River Valley
1. The rise of property development, the collapse of horticulture, and the restoration of financial power in Kumeu-Huapai
2. The historical process of the capitalization of the Kumeu River Valley
3. The axiologies of Kumeu-Huapai’s land
4. The political economy of peri-urban sprawl in Auckland
Part Two Life at the edge of the city
5. National and international comparative case studies on financially driven peri-urban development
6. Class, social allegiance, and race at the colonial urban periphery
7. Food sovereignty and peri-urban horticulture
8. Climate change and the future of peri-urban development
9. Conclusion: cities on the edge

About the author

Benjamin Felix Richardson is a Doctoral Candidate and a Professional Teaching Fellow in the department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Summary

This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Felix Richardson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032504223
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250422-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, Science / Environmental Science, New Zealand, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Agriculture & Related Industries, New Zealand / Aotearoa