Space and Food in the City [electronic resource] : Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture /
Thornton, Alec.author.
Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book explores citizens’ ‘rights to city’ and alternative views on urban space and the growing importance of urban food systems.
1. Introduction -- 2. Urban agriculture: overview of the field & early models of urban food governance -- 3. City case studies in urban governance and urban activism -- 4. Conclusions.
Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book explores citizens’ ‘rights to city’ and alternative views on urban space and the growing importance of urban food systems.
Sociology, Urban.
Industrial sociology.
Human Geography.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Sociology of Work.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Human Geography.