Urban Food Democracy and Governance in North and South

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“Grounded in the urban politics of the 21st Century world-wide, this thoughtful volume hooks urban food – and especially its production – to social justice in a realistic and manageable way.” —Diana Lee-Smith, Mazingira Institute, Kenya “An excellent international overview of urban food democracy and governance, with impressive geographical reach.” —Andre Viljoen, University of Brighton, UK This edited collection explores urban food democracy as part of a broader policy-based approach to sustainable urban development. Conceptually, governance and social justice provide the analytical framework for a varied array of contributions which critically address issues including urban agriculture, smart cities, human health and wellbeing and urban biodiversity. Some chapters take the form of thematic, issue-based discussions, where others are constituted by empirical case studies. Contributing authors include both academic experts and practitioners who hail from a wide range of disciplines, professions and nations. All offer original research and robust consideration of urban food democracy in cities from across the Global North and South. Taken as a whole, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the potential enabling role of good urban governance in developing formal urban food policy that is economically and socially responsive and in tune with forms of community-driven adaptation of space for the local production, distribution and consumption of nutritious food. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Alec Thornton)....Pages 3-8 Urban Agriculture in and Around Cities in Developed and Developing Countries: A Conceptualization of Urban Agriculture Dynamics and Challenges (Antonia D. Bousbaine, H. Blaise Nguendo-Yongsi, Christopher Bryant)....Pages 9-25 Urban Agriculture as a Field: Governance, Communication and Collective Action (Daniel Keech, Matthew Reed)....Pages 27-44 Urban Agriculture and the Battle for History in Melbourne and São Paulo (Adrian H. Hearn, Thais Mauad, Luis Fernando Amato-Lourenço, Guilherme Reis Ranieri, Chris Williams)....Pages 45-69 Smart Food Cities on the Menu? Integrating Urban Food Systems into Smart City Policy Making (Israel Dela Cruz, Alec Thornton, Dagmar Haase)....Pages 71-84 Front Matter ....Pages 85-85 Food Sovereignty: A Nirvana Concept for Swiss Urban Agriculture? (Cyril Mumenthaler, Rémi Schweizer, Joëlle Salomon Cavin)....Pages 87-100 Cultural Heritage Preservation and Resilience in Urban Agriculture Through the Lens of Social Justice: A Case Study in Milan (Paola Branduini, Coline Perrin, Brigitte Nougarèdes, Elena Colli)....Pages 101-122 The Emergence of the Food Land Belt in Wallonia: An Innovative System to Feed Local Populations? (Antonia D. Bousbaine)....Pages 123-140 Identifying and Solving Regulatory Issues and Solutions Through Some Case Studies of Urban Farming in Australia (Michael Mobbs, Helen Lynch, John Fry, Bronwyn Richards)....Pages 141-157 Keeping Up Appearances: Conflicting Values in State Opposition to Growing Food in Public (Liesel Spencer)....Pages 159-173 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Service Learning and Stakeholder Action: Technology and Education for Urban Agriculture in Johannesburg, South Africa (Naudé Malan)....Pages 177-191 Emerging Enterprises and Sustainability in the Food System: Food Entrepreneurs in South Africa (Naudé Malan)....Pages 193-212 Reconceptualizing Urban Agriculture in Africa: Issues of Scale, Class and Institutional Support in Zambian Copperbelt Towns (Tony Binns, Etienne Nel)....Pages 213-229 Food Security and Land-Use Conflicts Within Regional Planning: The Recent Experience of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Daniela Adil Oliveira de Almeida, Cecilia Rocha, Heloísa Soares de Moura Costa, Melissa Luciana de Araújo)....Pages 231-247 Changing Agricultural Landscape and Immigrant Population in Thimphu, Bhutan (Raghubir Chand)....Pages 249-272 Typological Diversity of Agriculture in a Densely Urbanised Region of São Paulo, Brazil (Giulia Giacchè, Lya Porto, Gustavo Nagib, Angelica Campos Nakamura, Guilherme Reis Ranieri)....Pages 273-289 Urban Agriculture in Chinese Cities: Practices, Motivations and Challenges (Geoff Luehr, Alesandros Glaros, Zhenzhong Si, Steffanie Scott)....Pages 291-309 Back Matter ....Pages 311-320