Urban Food Production for Ecosocialism

This book explores the critical role of urban food production in strengthening communities and in building ecosocialism. It integrates theory and practice, drawing on several local case studies from seven countries across four continents: China, Cuba, Ghana, Italy, Tanzania, the UK, and the US.

Autorentext

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor in the Department of Geography at SUNY New Paltz. Research interests include critical physical geography, socialist movements, soil degradation, urban soils, and trace element contamination. He is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

George Martin is Emeritus Professor, Montclair State University and Visiting Professor, Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey. He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Political Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, and advisory board member for Capitalism Nature Socialism at Routledge. His focus is urban environmental sociology. Professor Martin's recent publication was Sustainability Prospects for Autonomous Vehicles with Routledge in 2019.

Inhalt

1. Urban Agriculture and Ecosocialism 2. Cities and Food Production 3. The Changing Character of the City-Food Relationship 4. The City as Ecosystem and Environment 5. Urban Food Growing and Social Sustainability 6. Ecosocial Challenges and Impacts of Urban Food Production 7. Local Contingencies of Urban Cultivation 8. Cultivating the City for Ecosocialism