Global Urban Agriculture
Convergence of Theory and Practice Between North and South
Description:... The objective of this volume is to bring together research that focuses on productive cultivation in urban spaces from around the world and to place these empirics in a theoretical context to provide cohesion. Despite the seeming convergence in practice, the literatures on urban agriculture in the Global North (GN) and the Global South (GS) remain separated, with researchers working on case material in the GS and rarely referencing work on the GN, and vice versa. This volume intends to move towards greater interaction and engagement across this divide, as this will enrich both focus areas of inquiry. Contributors to this volume deal with urban agriculture from the theoretical perspectives of urban political ecology, critical urbanism and sustainable livelihoods. The book has 20 chapters and a subject index.
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