{"product_id":"sustainable-food-system-assessment-alison-blay-palmer-9781032083933","title":"Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSustainable Food System Assessment\u003c\/em\u003e provides both practical and theoretical insights about the growing interest in and response to measuring food system sustainability. Bringing together research from the Global North and South, this book shares lessons learned, explores intended and actual project outcomes, and highlights points of conceptual and methodological convergence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterest in assessing food system sustainability is growing, as evidenced by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the importance food systems initiatives have taken in serving as a lever for attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book opens by looking at the conceptual considerations of food systems indicators, including the place-based dimensions of food systems indicators and how measurements are implicated in sense-making and visioning processes. Chapters in the second part cover operationalizing metrics, including the development of food systems indicator frameworks, degrees of indicator complexities, and practical constraints to assessment. The final part focuses on the outcomes of assessment projects, including impacts on food policy and communities involved, highlighting the importance of building connections between sustainable food systems initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global coverage and multi-scalar perspectives, including both conceptual and practical aspects, make this a key resource for academics and practitioners across planning, geography, urban studies, food studies, and research methods. It will also be of interest to government officials and those working within NGOs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Blay-Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103208393X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032083933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d","brand":"Alison Blay-Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44920061722879,"sku":"9781032083933","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb197e1d-5fa3-4d36-ba87-3a9fd9b02442.jpg?v=1710360095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sustainable-food-system-assessment-alison-blay-palmer-9781032083933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}