Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Mapping the invisible: Bridging and trusting networks in sustaining the urban food system
Abstract This article makes visible the social network infrastructure of people sustaining the urban food system in the post-industrial city of Buffalo, NY. It does so by probing how networks are launched and sustained over time, who is responsible for the networks, and to what end. The authors employ a survey to collect data on social networks among actors within the city's food system. The findings suggest that Buffalo's urban food system is a constellation of close-knit networks comprised primarily of local grassroots organizations having ‘small world’ effects— that is, short chains of actors within the network link all actors. These central actors rely on their high levels of trust and shared beliefs and vision to socially reproduce, sustain, and strengthen their urban food system through advocacy and information sharing. In sum, we find that Buffalo's food system story is one of local self-reliance, co-production, and co-dependency among urban growers and other grassroots actors whose day-to-day practices and lived experiences are largely excluded from the municipal government's policies and decisions.
Highlights Buffalo’s food system mostly comprises a close-knit network of local grassroots organizations The network has a ‘small world’ effect showing a short chain of actors linking all actors Food advocacy, information sharing, and high levels of trust help sustain and reproduce the network Few actors serve as resource and information hubs and brokers within the network The network tells a story of local self-reliance and co-production among urban growers and grassroots organizations
Mapping the invisible: Bridging and trusting networks in sustaining the urban food system
Abstract This article makes visible the social network infrastructure of people sustaining the urban food system in the post-industrial city of Buffalo, NY. It does so by probing how networks are launched and sustained over time, who is responsible for the networks, and to what end. The authors employ a survey to collect data on social networks among actors within the city's food system. The findings suggest that Buffalo's urban food system is a constellation of close-knit networks comprised primarily of local grassroots organizations having ‘small world’ effects— that is, short chains of actors within the network link all actors. These central actors rely on their high levels of trust and shared beliefs and vision to socially reproduce, sustain, and strengthen their urban food system through advocacy and information sharing. In sum, we find that Buffalo's food system story is one of local self-reliance, co-production, and co-dependency among urban growers and other grassroots actors whose day-to-day practices and lived experiences are largely excluded from the municipal government's policies and decisions.
Highlights Buffalo’s food system mostly comprises a close-knit network of local grassroots organizations The network has a ‘small world’ effect showing a short chain of actors linking all actors Food advocacy, information sharing, and high levels of trust help sustain and reproduce the network Few actors serve as resource and information hubs and brokers within the network The network tells a story of local self-reliance and co-production among urban growers and grassroots organizations
Mapping the invisible: Bridging and trusting networks in sustaining the urban food system
Frimpong Boamah, Emmanuel (Autor:in) / Yin, Fuzhen (Autor:in) / Korosh, Zachary (Autor:in) / Raja, Samina (Autor:in) / Mui, Yeeli (Autor:in) / Bohm, Martha (Autor:in) / DeHonney, Allison (Autor:in) / Williams, Rebekah (Autor:in) / Ramos-Gerena, Carol (Autor:in)
Cities ; 146
08.12.2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Food system , Cities , Social network , People of color , Buffalo , Black
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