The origins, definitions and differences among concepts that underlie food systems modeling
Kate Clancy Food Systems Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, United States
Abstract
This chapter provides information about many of the concepts that inform the planning and development of food system models that are covered in this book. The first section offers the origins and definitions of eight concepts: sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable agriculture, resilience, food systems, sustainable food systems, systems thinking and modeling and multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary research. Because sustainability and resilience are ...
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