The organization of food systems determines how and where we grow, raise, process, and distribute food in an industrial society. With a growing percentage of the population living in urban centers and natural resources strained, developing healthier, more sustainable food systems is more important than ever.
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Lauren Dunning
Lauren Dunning is a lawyer and public health practitioner whose work has focused on developing strategies...
Chris Holtkamp
Chris Holtkamp is a certified planner and is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning at the...
Kevin Credit
Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...
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Tactical Urbanism: An Introduction
Instructor: Mike Lydon
Developed in conjunction with other movements, the Tactical Urbanism approach allows a host of local actors to test new concepts before making substantial political and financial commitments. Sometimes sanctioned, sometimes not, Tactical Urbanism features the following five characteristics: phased instigation, meeting local planning challenges, realistic and short term, low risk-high gain, and stakeholder capacity building.
