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FOR HUNGER-PROOF CITIES Sustainable Urban Food Systems Edited by Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae, Luc J.A. Mougeot, and Jennifer Welsh IDRC 1999 ISBN 0-88936-882-1 252 pp. Disponible en français The 20th century has witnessed a massive growth in urban populations. In 1990, one-third of the world's people lived in cities of one million or more. As well, hunger and malnutrition are on the increase worldwide, as the global food system fails to satisfy the growing demand of the urban consumer. 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 underlying structures that create poverty and inequality and examines the role of emergency food systems, such as food banks. For Hunger-proof Cities includes contributions from farmers and professors, young activists and experienced business leaders, students and policymakers, and community organizers and practitioners. It will interest academics and students in sociology, politics, economics, environmental studies, social work, nutrition and dietetics, urban planning, and health sciences; practitioners in dietetics, nutrition, public health, and social services; community organizations and NGOs working in food systems; and governmental and international organizations working in food policy and food security. THE EDITORS Mustafa Koc is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada, where he directs the Centre for Studies in Food Security. Rod MacRae is Director of the Toronto Food Policy Council, Toronto, Canada. Luc J.A. Mougeot is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. Dr Mougeot leads IDRC's program in urban agriculture: Cities Feeding People. Jennifer Welsh is Professor and Director of the School of Nutrition, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada.
Acknowledgments Mustafa Koc 2000 Introduction: Food Security Is a Global Concern Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae, Luc J.A. Mougeot et Jennifer Welsh 2000 PART 1 : THE CONCEPT OF URBAN FOOD SECURITY For Self-reliant Cities: Urban Food Production in a Globalizing South Luc J.A. Mougeot 2000 Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Daniel Maxwell 2000 Combining Social Justice and Sustainability for Food Security Elaine M. Power 2000 PART 2 : LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS Promoting Sustainable Local Food Systems in the United States Kenneth A. Dahlberg 2000 Community Agriculture Initiatives in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, United Kingdom Laura Davis, John Middleton and Sue Simpson 2000 Developing an Integrated, Sustainable Urban Food System: The Case of New Jersey, United States Michael W. Hamm et Monique Baron 2000 Public Policy and the Transition to Locally Based Food Networks Ellie Perkins 2000 PART 3 : URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE Urban Agriculture in the Seasonal Tropics: The Case of Lusaka, Zambia A.W. Drescher 2000 The Contribution of Urban Agriculture to Gardeners, Their Households, and Surrounding Communities: The Case of Havana, Cuba Angela Moskow 2000 Agriculture in the Metropolitan Park of Havana, Cuba Harahi Gamez Rodriguez 2000 People at the Centre of Urban Livestock Projects Alison Meares 2000 Measuring the Sustainability of Urban Agriculture Rachel A. Nugent 2000-01-01 PART 4 : ACCESSIBILITY AND URBAN FOOD DISTRIBUTION Food Banks as Antihunger Organizations Winston Husbands 2000 Bottlenecks in the Informal Food-transportation Network of Harare, Zimbabwe Shona L. Leybourne et Miriam Grant 2000 From Staple Store to Supermarket: The Case of TANSAS in Izmir, Turkey Mustafa Koc et Hulya Koc 2000 A Nonprofit System for Fresh-produce Distribution: The Case of Toronto, Canada Kathryn Scharf 2000 PART 5 : ECOLOGICAL AND HEALTH CONCERNS Urban Food, Health, and the Environment: The Case of Upper Silesia, Poland Anne C. Bellows 2000 Reuse of Waste for Food Production in Asian Cities: Health and Economic Perspectives Christine Furedy, Virginia Maclaren et Joseph Whitney 2000 How Meat-centred Eating Patterns Affect Food Security and the Environment Stephen Leckie 2000 Farming the Built Environment Elizabeth Graham 2000 PART 6: ENGENDERING THE FOOD SYSTEM Gender and Sustainable Food Systems: A Feminist Critique Penny Van Esterik 2000 Women Workers in the NAFTA Food Chain Deborah Barndt 2000 Canadian Rural Women Reconstructing Agriculture Karen L. Krug 2000 PART 7: THE POLITICS OF FOOD AND FOOD POLICY Contemporary Food and Farm Policy in the United States Patricia Allen 2000 Policy Failure in the Canadian Food System Rod MacRae 2000 Urban Agriculture as Food-access Policy Desmond Jolly 2000 PART 8 : TOWARD FOOD DEMOCRACY Reaffirming the Right to Food in Canada: The Role of Community-based Food Security Graham Riches 2000 Youth, Urban Governance, and Sustainable Food Systems: The Cases of Hamilton and Victoria, Canada Zita Botelho 2000 Food Policy for the 21st Century: Can It Be Both Radical and Reasonable? Tim Lang 2000 Appendix 1 . Abstracts 2000 Appendix 2 . Contributing Authors 2000 Appendix 3 . Acronyms and Abbreviations 2000 |
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