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Sustainable Food Systems : The Role of the City
This book places itself within the traditions and the ongoing activity of UCL’s Bartlett Development Planning Unit, and within its research cluster, Environmental
Justice, Urbanisation & Resilience. It draws heavily upon my teaching for the Environment and Sustainable Development Masters. I owe an immense debt to all my fellow Development Planning Unit (DPU) staff, as
well as past and present students, from whom I have
learned much. In particular I am happy to acknowledge
the contribution of Yves Cabannes: together we created
a Masters module on Urban Agriculture, and explored
the framework for a radical redefinition of the topic.
My colleagues Zeremariam Fre and Michel Pimbert
also played important roles in the module’s subsequent
development and influenced my thinking in several
ways. At the same time, I approach this topic as a food- growing practitioner and allotmentholder:
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