Space and Food in the City Cultivating Social Justice and Urban Governance through Urban Agriculture /

• Main Author: Thornton, Alec (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Industrial sociology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Human geography.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Sociology of Work.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Human Geography.

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' 'right...

Table of Contents:

• 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.