Urban Food Strategies Exploring Definitions and Diffusion of European Cities’ Latest Policy Trend

Authors
Publication date 2016
Host editors
  • Kjell Andersson
  • Stefam Sjöblom
  • Leo Granberg
  • Peter Ehrström
  • Terry Marsden
Book title Metropolitan Ruralities
Book subtitle Research in Rural Sociology and Development
ISBN
  • 9781785607974
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781785607967
Series Research in rural sociology and development
Chapter 12
Volume | Issue number 23
Pages (from-to) 303-323
Publisher Bingley: Emerald
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract Food, notably its logistics, security, quality, sustainability and social inclusiveness, is increasingly considered as a crucial element in urban settings, deserving specific institutional and strategic instruments. This is testified by the proliferation of urban food strategies, that is municipal strategic documents that various European cities have adopted during the last decade.
Document type Chapter
Language English
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