Resourcing an Agroecological Urbanism: Political, Transformational and Territorial Dimensions

This book explores the potential of an agroecological urbanism to create new and just social arrangements and ecological practices. It challenges conventional approaches that see rural and urban areas as separate spheres and proposes an urbanism perspective that uncovers the economic and spatial processes that drive urbanization. It also offers strategies for changing these processes into more equal and just ones, drawing on the nascent field of urban political agroecology. The book is aimed at advanced students and academics in agroecology, sustainable food planning, urban geography, urban planning, and critical food studies, as well as professionals and activists working with food systems in the Global North and the Global South.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 234 pages
\n Publication date: 08 March 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This book takes a forward-thinking and transformative approach to food planning, advocating for an agroecological urbanism that recognizes food as a vital component in the reimagining of new and just social arrangements and ecological practices. Through cutting-edge and participatory research on farming, urbanism, food policy, and advocacy in the field of food system transformation, this book challenges the conventional understanding of food planning and invites readers to fully embrace the transformative potential of an agroecological perspective. By engaging a dialogue between rural and urban, producer and consumer, this book challenges the notion of these spheres as separate entities and proposes moving away from a "food-in-the-city approach" towards an "urbanism perspective." This perspective involves unpacking and analyzing the economic and spatial processes that drive urbanization, and developing new strategies to transform these processes into more equitable and just ones.

Drawing on the emerging field of urban political agroecology, this text brings together a range of theoretical re-conceptualizations of urbanism in relation to food planning and the emergence of new agrarian questions. It critically examines experimental methodologies and performing arts for public dialogue, reflexivity, and food sovereignty research. It also shares experiences of resourceful land management, including urban land use and land tenure change, and explores post-capitalist economics that bring consumers and producers together to advocate for an agroecological urbanism.

The book is aimed at advanced students and academics in agroecology, sustainable food planning, urban geography, urban planning, and related fields. It provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the complex relationships between food, urbanization, and social justice, offering valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and activists working towards the reimagining of our food systems towards more sustainable, equitable, and just futures.

\n Weight: 390g\n
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138359680\n \n