| Description |
xvii, 264 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
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The dynamics of economic space |
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Dynamics of economic space.
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| Contents |
Local Food Systems and Old Industrial Regions / Jay D. Gatrell, Neil Reid, and Paula Ross -- A Systems Modeling Framework for the Role of Agriculture in a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem / Sara Metcalf -- Social Networks, Ecological Frameworks, and Local Economies / Casey Hoy, Steve Bossserman, and Ross MacDonald -- Extreme Environments : Urban Farming, Technological Disasters, and a Framework for Rethinking Urban Gardening / Erica Giorda -- Feeding the Hungry : Analysis of Food Security in Lower Income Urban Communities / Mahbubur R. Meenar -- Benchmarking Local Food Systems in Older Industrial Regions / James T. Hathaway -- Urban Food Deserts : Policy Issues, Access, and Planning for a Community Food System / Jeanette Eckert and Sujata Shetty -- Local Food Systems : The Birth of New Farmers and the Demise of the Family Farm? / Jill K. Clark, Shoshanah Inwood, and Jeff S. Sharp -- Defining Local Food Systems / Peleg Kremer, Tracy L. DeLiberty, and Yda Schreuder -- Urban Food Production Limits and the Viability of Community Gardens : the Case of Hartford, Connecticut / C. Patrick Heidkamp, Scott E. Russell, and Meghan Sloan -- Neoliberalism and Local Food Systems : Understanding the Narrative of Hunger in the United States / Harold Perkins -- Planning for Sustainable Food Systems : an Analysis of Food System Assessments from the United States and Canada / Marisol Pierce-Quinonez -- Characterization of the Built Food Environment for Single Parent Households in an Older Industrial City, Lewiston, Maine / David E. Harris, Michelle Vazquez Jacobus, Holly A. Ewing, Sonja K. Pieck, Emily Kane, and Janet Whatley Blum -- Toward a Relational Geography of Local Food Systems : or Wicked Food Problems Without Quick Spatial Fixes / Neil Reid, Paula Ross, and Jay D. Gatrell -- Appendix 6.1: List of counties that comprise combined or metropolitan statistical areas -- Appendix 6.2: Local food index : rankings -- Appendix 12.1: Goals and Recommendations of Food System Assessments |
| Notes |
Papers from the International Geographical Union's Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces' residential conference held in Toledo, Ohio in 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Food supply -- Congresses.
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Local foods -- Congresses.
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Urban agriculture -- Congresses.
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Community-supported agriculture -- Congresses.
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Public spaces -- Congresses.
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Deindustrialization -- Congresses.
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Deindustrialization -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Reid, Neil.
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Gatrell, Jay D.
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Ross, Paula S.
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IGU Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces.
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| LC no. |
2012005203 |
| ISBN |
9781409432210 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1409432211 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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