For hunger-proof cities : sustainable urban food systems /
For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It examines existing local food systems and ways to improve the availability and accessibility of food for city dwellers. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
©1999.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=78670 |
| Summary: | For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It examines existing local food systems and ways to improve the availability and accessibility of food for city dwellers. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation between urban and rural populations. It explores what existing marketing and distribution structures can do to improve accessibility and what the emerging forms of food-distribution systems are, and how they can contribute to alleviating hunger in the cities. Finally, the book discusses the underly. |
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| Item Description: | "Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems ... at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--Page 4 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1552500624 9781552500620 0889368821 9780889368828 |