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- Provides a critical analysis of social networks as facilitation spaces in food security
- A practical guide for working with social networks in a sustainable development context (especially food security)
- Insight in challenges faced when improving food security in the urban fringe
Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL)
Part of the book sub series: Urban Perspectives from the Global South (URPGS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Stephen Morse
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Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary, Artane, Ireland
The Reverend Sister Nora MacNamara
About the authors
Stephen Morse holds the Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, UK. Steve has a background in applied ecology and the environment and his research and teaching interests are broad spanning both the natural and social sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Biology and the Higher Education Academy and has authored and edited 22 books and over 140 academic papers, many of them on the assessment of sustainability (including indicators) and sustainable livelihoods in Africa.
Nora McNamara trained as a social scientist and in 1970 Nora was appointed coordinator for Social Development for Diocese of Idah (Igalaland), Nigeria. Agriculture formed the basis for most of the development in the area but this incorporated every possible aspect including water, nutrition and primary health care and micro credit. She has been a director of a number of Boards in Nigeria and in Ireland including the first Misean Cara board which was the conduit through which Irish Aid was channeled through to over 80 orders of priests and Religious worldwide. She was the director for all Holy Rosary Development projects and programmes from 2003 to 2015. She is currently a board Member of the German Foundation Nachstenliebe Weltweit.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Networks and Food Security in the Urban Fringe
Authors: Stephen Morse, The Reverend Sister Nora MacNamara
Series Title: GeoJournal Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46359-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46358-8Published: 26 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46361-8Published: 26 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46359-5Published: 25 April 2020
Series ISSN: 0924-5499
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 228
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning