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Food and Urbanism - The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
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Food and Urbanism - The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future (Hardcover)
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Cities are home to over fifty percent of the world's population, a
figure which is expected to increase enormously by 2050. Despite
the growing demand on urban resources and infrastructure, food is
still often overlooked as a key factor in planning and designing
cities. Without incorporating food into the design process - how it
is grown, transported, and bought, cooked, eaten and disposed of -
it is impossible to create truly resilient and convivial urbanism.
Moving from the table and home garden to the town, city, and
suburbs, Food and Urbanism explores the connections between food
and place in past and present design practices. The book also looks
to future methods for extending the 'gastronomic' possibilities of
urban space. Supported by examples from places across the world,
including the UK, Norway, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece,
Romania, Australia and the USA, the book offers insights into how
the interplay of physical design and socio-spatial practices
centred around food can help to maintain socially rich, productive
and sustainable urban space. Susan Parham brings together the
latest research from a number of disciplines - urban planning, food
studies, sociology, geography, and design - with her own fieldwork
on a range of foodscapes to highlight the fundamental role food has
to play in shaping the urban future.
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