Benjamin Felix Richardson

Urban Expansion and Food Security in New Zealand

The Collapse of Local Horticulture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781032504223
• ISBN-10: 1032504226
• Artikelnr.: 67823235

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Felix Richardson is a Doctoral Candidate and a Professional Teaching Fellow in the department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the suburban frontier
Part One Financializing the Kumeu River Valley
1. The rise of property development, the collapse of horticulture, and the
restoration of financial power in Kumeu-Huapai
2. The historical process of the capitalization of the Kumeu River Valley
3. The axiologies of Kumeu-Huapai's land
4. The political economy of peri-urban sprawl in Auckland
Part Two Life at the edge of the city
5. National and international comparative case studies on financially
driven peri-urban development
6. Class, social allegiance, and race at the colonial urban periphery
7. Food sovereignty and peri-urban horticulture
8. Climate change and the future of peri-urban development
9. Conclusion: cities on the edge