Sustainable Food Systems The Role of the City
Sustainable Food Systems The Role of the City
- UCL Press 2016
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
Open Access
This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today's global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Biel's approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He suggests that today's food insecurity - manifested in a regime of wildly fluctuating prices - reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable order. Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years' experience as a practising urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciences
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English
111.9781911307099 9781911307075 9781911307082 9781911307105 9781911307112 9781911307297
10.14324/111.9781911307099 doi
Development studies
Sociology & anthropology
Sociology
Sustainable agriculture
Urban & municipal planning
Urban communities
Capitalism co-operatives food security Paradigm Self-organization sustainability urban agriculture
Open Access
This book, by a leading expert in urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today's global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Biel's approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He suggests that today's food insecurity - manifested in a regime of wildly fluctuating prices - reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable order. Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years' experience as a practising urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciences
Creative Commons
English
111.9781911307099 9781911307075 9781911307082 9781911307105 9781911307112 9781911307297
10.14324/111.9781911307099 doi
Development studies
Sociology & anthropology
Sociology
Sustainable agriculture
Urban & municipal planning
Urban communities
Capitalism co-operatives food security Paradigm Self-organization sustainability urban agriculture