Essays about: "Sophie Laggan"

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  1. 1. The power within social-ecological transformations: a case study of Bristol's food system, UK

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sophie Laggan; [2016]
    Keywords : social-ecological transformation; power; agency; agents of change; networks; food movement; social movements; grassroots democracy;

    Abstract : Urban civil society and community groups are experimenting with new ways to provide food that could reduce global dependence on industrial agriculture and make the food system more resilient in a time of change. Changing the way cities provide food is conceptualized as a social-ecological transformation because it requires a fundamental shift in the way cities connect to close-by and far away ecologies, but also a rebalancing of power relations in urban food provision. READ MORE