Over the last decades, local governments have begun to develop urban food planning
instruments focused on improving public health and environmental sustainability, but …

The globalization and industrialization of the food system pushed food away from urban
studies and planning. For decades, food has been relegated to rural studies and regional …

The profession of planning lays claim to building healthy, livable places. Yet, until the latter
part of the 20th century the profession largely ignored a critical element of what enables …

Despite most Australians living in cities, there is considerably less attention on food within
city planning domains, a loose integration of food issues in policy (despite national …

For over a decade, planning scholars have promoted measures that cities can take to
incorporate food systems into the urban planning agendas. Large cities such as Toronto …

In Manchester, environmental and health issues have been integrated into a wider agro-
food strategy for making the city 'more sustainable', in several senses of the word. With …

The integration of food into urban planning is a crucial and emerging topic. Urban planners,
alongside the local and regional authorities that have traditionally been less engaged in …

Morgan, K., & Sonnino, R.(2010). The urban foodscape: world cities and the new food
equation. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 3 (2), 209–224 Pretty, JN …

As a central and essential component of existence, food permeates our daily lives through
our relationships with each other and our environments. Throughout the history of mankind …

Urban Food Strategies 130917.indd Page 1 Urban Food Strategies The Rough Guide to
Sustainable Food Systems Page 2 Photo on front page: Farmers’ market in Malmö, Sweden …