Introduction to Food Justice and the Built Environment

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Part of the The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics book series (LEAF, volume 24)

Abstract

The need for the comingling of theory and practice in food justice is particularly striking in the context of the built environment, where reactive policies without a theoretical framework and theories which do not take into account the surprises found in application have both failed many times in the past. Shane Epting calls for transdisciplinary collaboration to find paths toward food justice.

Keywords

Food Justice Transdisciplinarity Urban Food Systems Community Capacity Praxis Philosophy of the City 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of NevadaLas VegasUSA

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