Book contents
- Global Change and Future Earth
- Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series
- Global Change and Future Earth: The Geoscience Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Future Earth and Planetary Issues
- Part II Future Earth and Geodetic Issues
- Part III Future Earth and the Earth’s Fluid Environment
- Part IV Future Earth and Regions
- Part V Future Earth and Urban Environments
- 15 Nutrition, Urban Environments, and Future Earth
- 16 Nutrition Science and Future Earth: Current Nutritional Policy Dilemmas
- 17 Air Pollution and Human Health Risk Reduction: The Case Study of Delhi Megacity, India
- Part VI Future Earth and Food Security
- Part VII Future Earth and Risk, Safety and Security
- Part VIII Climate Change and Global Change
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
15 - Nutrition, Urban Environments, and Future Earth
from Part V - Future Earth and Urban Environments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2018
Book contents
- Global Change and Future Earth
- Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series
- Global Change and Future Earth: The Geoscience Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Future Earth and Planetary Issues
- Part II Future Earth and Geodetic Issues
- Part III Future Earth and the Earth’s Fluid Environment
- Part IV Future Earth and Regions
- Part V Future Earth and Urban Environments
- 15 Nutrition, Urban Environments, and Future Earth
- 16 Nutrition Science and Future Earth: Current Nutritional Policy Dilemmas
- 17 Air Pollution and Human Health Risk Reduction: The Case Study of Delhi Megacity, India
- Part VI Future Earth and Food Security
- Part VII Future Earth and Risk, Safety and Security
- Part VIII Climate Change and Global Change
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
World population grows most rapidly in developing countries, leading to pressure on the environment as resources and services are being stretched to meet demand, particularly in urban centres. Population movement between rural and urban environments, on the one hand, and the urban food systems and the rural–urban supply chain, on the other, impact the food and nutrition security of a given urban community. Hence, city authorities should plan and monitor urban development with a view to ensuring adequate availability and accessibility to food for all.
The global state of malnutrition indicates that many countries have serious levels of both undernutrition and overnutrition, the so-called double burden of malnutrition. It is known that malnutrition contributes to global disease as well as loss in productivity, and therefore in order to attain sustainable development countries must improve the nutrition of their people. This challenge was taken up by world leaders at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development: Rio+20, where the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were proposed. It has been estimated that at least twelve of the seventeen SDGs have indicators relevant to nutrition.
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- Global Change and Future EarthThe Geoscience Perspective, pp. 197 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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