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  • Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change

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    Author(s)
    Burton, Paul
    Lyons, Kristen
    Richards, Carol
    Amati, Marco
    Rose, Nick
    DesFours, Lotus
    Pires, Victor
    Barclay, rochelle
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Barclay, Rochelle C.
    Rose, Nick
    Pires, Victor
    Burton, Paul A.
    DesFours, Lotus
    Year published
    2013
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    Food security is increasingly recognised as a problem in developed countries like Australia as well as in developing countries of the global south, and as a problem facing cities and urban populations in these countries. Despite producing more food than is consumed in Australia, certain groups in particular, places are finding it increasingly difficult to access nutritious and healthy food at affordable prices. Moreover, whole urban populations have found their food supply lines severely compromised by major disasters such as floods and cyclones which are expected to have greater impacts as the climate changes. This changing ...
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    Food security is increasingly recognised as a problem in developed countries like Australia as well as in developing countries of the global south, and as a problem facing cities and urban populations in these countries. Despite producing more food than is consumed in Australia, certain groups in particular, places are finding it increasingly difficult to access nutritious and healthy food at affordable prices. Moreover, whole urban populations have found their food supply lines severely compromised by major disasters such as floods and cyclones which are expected to have greater impacts as the climate changes. This changing landscape of food production, distribution and consumption has drawn attention to the nature of contemporary urban food systems in general and to the security and resilience of urban food systems in particular. This has in turn highlighted the extent of urban agriculture and its potential to play a greater role in strengthening the food security of Australian cities and building urban resilience in a changing climate. This report presents the results of a synthesis and integrative research project that explored these issues through a critical review of relevant literature and case study research in two cities. It had three main aims: 場o increase our knowledge of the current extent of urban agriculture in Australian cities; 場o review its capacity to play a more prominent role in enhancing urban food security and urban resilience and; 場o assess the impacts of climate change on the capacity of urban agriculture to enhance food security and urban resilience. The research provides much needed up-to-date information on the extent of current urban agricultural practices, a critical review of good practice in Australia and beyond and an analysis of the opportunities and barriers to the expansion of these practices, especially in the face of climate change.
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    https://nccarf.edu.au/urban-food-security-urban-resilience-and-climate-change/
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    © The Author(s) 2013. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Urban Policy
    Land Use and Environmental Planning
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/59409
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