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This volume brings together theoretical, experiential, and creative perspectives on the phenomenon of urban foraging. In a rapidly urbanising world, foraging is (re)raining popularity as a way to connect with nature and cope with uncertainty. Authors from various disciplines and geographies make sense of what this means for humanity.
Urban foraging represents a multifaceted movement that provides people with avenues for sustenance, socialising, and spirituality. Motivations and implications of urban foraging vary across the socioeconomic spectrum, as do barriers and enablers. Urban foraging can help people adapt to change, and build resilience to shocks, but its spontaneous and unregulated nature makes it attractive to many. Recognising and promoting sustainable urban foraging therefore is a delicate balancing act. This collection discusses the philosophical and practical considerations towards this aim.
The book is of interest to researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and creatives, inviting readers to envisage scenarios that are desirable and achievable. It is of special interest to those working in urban and landscape planning, social-ecological systems, non-government organisations, municipal and development corporations, and the environment.
Contents
Section 1 : Why do foragers forage.- Chapter-01_We who forage: a broad reflection on the theory and practice of urban foraging.- Chapter-02_Making sense of diversity of foragers.- chapter-03_Experience foraging: connecting with nature and each other through Foraging Field Courses in Kent, England.- Chapter_04 - Practices and Perceptions of Foraging in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria.- Chapter_05 - Traditional Connect to Urban Foraging: Experiences from Bali, Indonesia.- Section 2: What is foraged?.- Chapter_06 - Rampant urbanization, loss of green spaces, depleting foraging wisdom for nutrition, health and protecting urban greenscapes: Lessons from populous Uttar Pradesh, India.- Chapter_07 - Contribution of underutilized wild edibles extracted from urban landscapes for food security and socio-ecological resilience in Kashmir.- Chapter_08 - Diversity and distribution of forageable tree species across greenspace types in fast-growing city in India: Lessons from Nagpur, India.- Section 3: Where is it foraged?.- Chapter_ 09 - Accessing culturally significant species in New York City, USA's urban forest: The case of Ginkgo biloba and Morus spp harvesting from street trees by Chinese-American residents and their descendents.- Chapter_10 - Designing Edible British Cities: Foraging and Wild Herbalism.- Chapter_11 - Encountering the Hidden Bounty of the Urban Forest: Community Foraging Practices and Policies in Canada.- Section 4: How do foragers forage?.- Chapter_12 - Learning to find the "food beneath your feet": Urban foraging, social-meetups, and mobile social-ecological memory in Philadelphia, USA.- Chapter_13 - Urban foraging for social-ecological resilience in the Global South.- Chapter_14 - Foraging in fast-expanding urban areas in the Indian Himalayas.- Section 5 : Practitioner Perspectives.- Chapter_15 - Foraging as Sustenance and Dissent in Villages bordering Bengaluru.- Chapter_16 - Foraging - finding food and cure.- Chapter_17 - The Ubiquitous Dhekia and its 'deep roots' to nurture people's Lives- A Case of urban foraging from Assam.- Chapter_18 - Exploring Urban Foraging in Edible Cities: Cultivating Sustainable Urban Environments for Social Cohesion and Economic Growth.- Section 6 : Looking to the future.- Chapter_19 - Expanding availability and consumption of Cerrado biome species and Non-Conventional Food Plants in urban and peri-urban spaces of Brasilia.- Chapter_20 - More-than-human urban foraging: designing landscapes for multispecies sustainability in shrinking urban Japan.- Chapter_21 - We who forage: a personal reflection on the theory and practice of urban foraging.
