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Database research record2012·Global

Food Justice, Hunger and the City

Nik Heynen, Hilda E. Kurtz, Amy Trauger

Geography Compass

Urban Farm DB summary

This review essay highlights a growing interest in issues related to food, cities, and inequality within geography. It signals the utility of concepts such as community food security, food sovereignty, and urban agriculture for conceptually linking food, justice, and cities. The essay suggests these concepts are poised to define new sub-disciplinary trajectories.