Resource-type: Publications
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Toronto Food Strategy 2018 Report
This report describes the complexities of working towards healthy food systems change and how the Toronto Food Strategy uses a multi -sectoral approach.
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Atlas of West African urban food systems
This atlas summarises recent research to address different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture.
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Food Planning in Garden Cities: The Letchworth Legacy
This publication shows that Garden City principles related to land and community involvement and management, the involvement of private sectors, as well as the linking to other values in cities, and various tools and partnerships, are highly relevant today and may stimulate further thinking and development of sustainable city region food systems.
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Validating the City Region Food System Approach
This article offers a critical assessment of the evolving City Region Food Systems (CRFS) approach.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 34 – Measuring Impact
With this magazine we explore how assessment frameworks have supported cities in the planning and monitoring of their food strategies and policies.
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Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries
Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource…
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Policy brief: The role of private sector in city region food systems
The policy brief highlights six policy pointers on the role of the private sector in building more sustainable and resilient city region food systems.
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Rooftop Urban Agriculture
This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. The interdisciplinary team of authors involved stresses the different approaches and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop farming may assume in any context. While rooftop farming experiences are sprouting all over the world the need for scientific…