Comparing measures of urban food security in Accra, Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01011-4
Abstract: The urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to expand by nearly 800 million people in the next 30 years. How this rapid urban transition is affecting household-level urban food security, and reverberating into broader food… read more here.
Keywords: accra ghana; urban food; food security; food ... See more keywords
Inequities in the urban food environment of a Brazilian city
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01116-w
Abstract: Food environment refers to the physical, social, cultural, economic and political contexts in which people engage with food systems in order to acquire, prepare and consume food. In 2016, we investigated the food environment of… read more here.
Keywords: city; urban food; inequities urban; food environment ... See more keywords
Estimating urban food waste at the local level: are good practices in food consumption persistent?
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DOI: 10.1007/s40888-017-0089-8
Abstract: Although the recent empirical literature provides a satisfactory range of estimates of food waste at the national and global level, little attention has been devoted to lower units of aggregation. This article tackles the phenomenon… read more here.
Keywords: urban food; food waste; local level; consumption ... See more keywords
Is food security an illusion for cities? A system dynamics approach to assess disturbance in the urban food supply chain during pandemics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103045
Abstract: Abstract Context The urban food security is vulnerable to disturbance along food supply chains because of the relatively long ‘food miles’ and cities' reliance on imported food. Urban food security may be at risk during… read more here.
Keywords: food supply; urban food; food; food security ... See more keywords
Sharing food and risk in Berlin’s urban food commons
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.09.003
Abstract: Abstract Public fridges are open-access community-stewarded spaces where food can be freely and anonymously shared. As such, they are fertile ground for understanding the obstacles and opportunities for governing food as a commons. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: sharing food; food risk; food; urban food ... See more keywords
Urban food systems: how regionalization can contribute to climate change mitigation.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02739
Abstract: Cities will play a key role in the grand challenge of nourishing a growing global population, because, due to their population density, they set the demand. To ensure that food systems are sustainable as well… read more here.
Keywords: urban food; mitigation; food systems; supply chains ... See more keywords
Partnerships and Network Governance for Urban Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2021.1967981
Abstract: Few studies have examined the critical role of policy and network governance mechanism in addressing sustainability and FEW nexuses. This study aims to examine the efforts in meeting the UN Sustain... read more here.
Keywords: network; network governance; urban food; governance urban ... See more keywords
Urban food markets in the context of a tourist attraction – La Boqueria market in Barcelona, Spain
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DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2017.1399438
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the last few decades, local governments have looked at developing their cities to increase their attractiveness for tourism consumption. Urban and tourism planners have focused their attention on adapting different local attractions to… read more here.
Keywords: context tourist; markets context; food markets; urban food ... See more keywords
Urban food security at the crossroads between metropolitan food planning and global trade: the case of the Antwerp–Rotterdam–Düsseldorf region
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DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2017.1325432
Abstract: ABSTRACT Making use of Life Cycle Thinking, the Metropolitan Foodscape Planner (MFP) tool provides ecological footprint maps and supply/demand data showing a large potential for metropolitan food supplies. In the discussion, we examine these results… read more here.
Keywords: planning; urban food; global trade; metropolitan food ... See more keywords
Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment
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DOI: 10.1111/anti.12291
Abstract: Recent literature has pointed to the role of urban agriculture in self-empowerment and learning, and in constituting ways to achieve food justice. Building on this work the paper looks at the potential and constraints for… read more here.
Keywords: urban food; urban agriculture; food justice; food ... See more keywords
Growing for Sydney: Exploring the Urban Food System through Farmers’ Social Networks
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DOI: 10.3390/su12083346
Abstract: Growing urban populations’ increased demand for food coupled with the inherent risks of relying on the global food system has spurred planning strategies by city governments for implementing urban agriculture at different scales. Urban agriculture… read more here.
Keywords: system; urban food; social networks; food ... See more keywords