Sustainable Food Systems : The Role of the City / Robert Biel.

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Searching for a new model of food and farming -- 3. The mainstream farming paradigm : what went wrong -- 4. How systems change : crisis and rift -- 5. Embracing complexity : the earth system, land and soil -- 6. Dialectics of a (re)discovered sustainability -- 7. Political dimensions : agriculture and class struggle -- 8. Towards a new paradigm : practical guidelines -- 9. Regenerating the earth system, working with climate -- 10. Food, imperialism and dependency -- 11. Built systems, biomimicry and urban food-growing -- 12. Autonomy, radicalism and the commons. 

• Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by reasserting co-operative traditions. 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 practicing urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue between the physical and social sciences.

Ämnesord

Livsmedelsförsörjning  (sao)

Stadsodling  (sao)

Urbant jordbruk  (sao)

Hållbart jordbruk  (sao)

Food supply  (LCSH)

Food security  (LCSH)

Urban agriculture  (LCSH)

Sustainable agriculture  (LCSH)

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy 

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory 

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban 

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture 

Food supply  (LCSH)

Sustainable agriculture  (LCSH)

Urban gardening  (LCSH)

Urban agriculture  (LCSH)

Nyckelord

Uha Miljöekonomi

Publikations- och innehållstyp

338.191732 (DDC)

Uha (kssb/8)