num_pages: 431
description: Undertaking a journey into the hybrid governance of urban food movements this book offers an original and nuanced analysis of the urban milieu as epicentre of food activism and food governance. Through examples of food movements in the city-regions of Toronto and Brussels the author highlights the critical governance tensions urban food initiatives experience as they develop in diverse ways and seek to change food systems and their related socio-political conditions. The author investigates urban food movements as they negotiate access to land in urban areas build resilient food network organisations and develop supportive policies and empowering institutions for urban food governance. Through the analysis of these tensions the book effectively puts real-life challenges of urban food movements in the spotlightchallenges that are increasingly visible and pertinent in todays converging climate socio-political and health crises. The author offers suggestions to improve alternative food practices and ultimately to design promising pathways to instigate food system change. 
language: English
title: The Hybrid Governance of Urban Food Movements: Learning from Toronto and Brussels
publisher: Springer