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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
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“Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) are rightly attracting far greater attention worldwide in the light of renewed emphasis on urban food security in uncertain times and as a component of urban sustainability, greening and carbon footprint reduction initiatives. UPA’s many co-benefits are still weakly understood and Alec Thornton’s timely book blends empirical evidence with conceptual engagement very effectively in highlighting the key justice and equity issues involved. It should be read by all practitioners and academics concerned with urban sustainability writ large.” (David Simon, Director, Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Professor of Development Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
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Book Title: Space and Food in the City
Book Subtitle: Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture
Authors: Alec Thornton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89324-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89323-5Published: 18 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89324-2Published: 02 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 126
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Sociology of Work, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Human Geography