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

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

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Publisher Springer, Berlin
Year
Pages 126
Version hardback
Language English
ISBN 9783319893235
Categories Sociology
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Book description

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.

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

Table of contents

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.

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