Beyond coordinates: A structured look at food system mapping

Abstract

First paragraph:

In this era defined by rapid urbanization and increasingly complex, precarious global food supply chains, the essential question of “how we feed ourselves as an urban species” has taken on increased urgency. Urban Food Mapping: Making Visible the Edible City, edited by architect Katrin Bohn and researcher Mikey Tomkins, addresses this question by celebrating and systematizing the act of food mapping as an area of research and design practice. The editors assert that mapping is not merely a tool for spatial representation but a necessary methodology for critical inquiry, commu­nity empowerment, and, ultimately, effective urban design and policy intervention. This volume estab­lishes urban food mapping as a bridge between the often-abstract theoretical concerns of urbanism and the tangible realities of food systems, offering a rich, multidisciplinary survey that will prove invaluable to scholars and practitioners across the food, planning, and community development sectors. . . .