Embedding food systems beyond planning: experiences in teaching, research and outreach
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2016
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Many planners now commonly regard food as a system that requires analyses, policies, interventions, and management just as water, mobility, waste management and other complex systems do. The recent emergence of food systems as an organizing concept can be due to a range of causes. One can highlight particularly the principle that food systems can be planned like other systems – including in the context of cities and regions. Thus, while it is not yet as established an area of focus as transportation and land use planning, for example, one can make the claim today that food systems planning has found a place at the planning table. This emergence can be traced to the persistent work within planning pedagogy and research by a number of scholars, first in North America, then in Europe and beyond. Building on the efforts of these individuals, the role of professional and pedagogical associations like the American Planning Association and the Association of European Schools of Planning helped disseminate the food systems approach and ultimately provide legitimacy for it. By now, the food systems approach has been adopted by numerous scholars across the planning academe. Examples of food-systems teaching, writing, research and outreach by planning professors abound.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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