Bohn, Katrin
Urban Food Mapping: Making Visible the Edible City
- ISBN 13:
- 9781032402819
- author:
- Bohn, Katrin
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 328
- Dimensions:
- 17.9 x 25.3 x 2.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science, Environment, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Urban Food Mapping: A New Approach to Understanding Our Urban Food Systems As cities continue to grow and evolve, it's essential to have a clear understanding of how we feed ourselves as urban populations. Urban food mapping is a powerful tool for investigating the complex relationships between food, space, and society. This book brings together a multidisciplinary approach, combining mapping images, essays, and practical analysis to examine food systems in a way that's both theoretically grounded and accessible to a wide audience. By exploring the spatial relationships and systems that underlie our urban food systems, urban food mapping offers a nuanced way of understanding the many challenges facing contemporary urbanism. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of our daily food flows and intrastructures, highlighting potential ways to reconnect with our diet, ourselves, and our environments. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in food cultures, food security, urban agriculture, and sustainable urban planning.