Biophysical Sustainability of Food System in a Global and Interconnected World
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 331
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainability science; bio-physical / ecological accounting; food systems sustainability; urban sustainability; environmental policy and planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Throughout human history, local geographic and environmental circumstances combined with socio-cultural and political arrangements have determined societies' food security and sustainability. In recent decades, population growth, technological developments, changing material standards of living, and global economic integration have fundamentally changed food systems, to an extent that most societies worldwide are part of a global food system.
In such a globalizing and interconnected world, the food security and sustainability of any given region are increasingly dependent on one another, directly and indirectly, and may undermine the socio-ecological sustainability of other regions. Despite such increasing global connectedness, most food systems analysis still applies to a single spatial scale: local, national, or global; or an analysis of diverse ongoing and potential future pressures on human well-being and ecosystems integrity. However, both economic globalization and global ecological change should force us to add an interregional/interspatial scale for quantifying and modelling food systems sustainability as well as its implications for policy and planning.
Indeed, a growing number of studies in recent years have acknowledged the need for such interspatial/tele-coupled perspectives. It follows that the aim of this Special Issue is to publish the latest research on food systems sustainability in an interconnected world. We invite new insights supported by empirical data, methods, and analyses of relevant case studies exploring the various socio-ecological aspects of food systems sustainability in today's world and the implications for the future.
Prof. Meidad Kissinger
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Food Systems
- Interregional Sustainability
- Tele-Coupled
- Food Security
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