Food pathways: the role of urban planning in food system transformation

This study is the result of a partnership between Instituto Escolhas, the Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (IPPUC), Curitiba’s urban research and planning institute, and the Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional de Curitiba (SMSAN), the Municipal Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security of Curitiba. These institutions joined efforts to examine how the municipalities of Curitiba, its metropolitan Area, and the coastal area could build on the progress identified in this territory while addressing the multiple challenges that persist in the region’s food system. In addition, the study seeks to identify pathways through which urban planning can enable change.

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