Responding to the increasingly complex issue of the food sector in light of a rapidly growing urban population, this book presents the latest research on food supply management with a focus on urbanisation. The contributions involve food distribution in cities, food waste minimisation, and food security with focus on models and approaches to achieve more sustainable and circular food supply chains. Organised in three sections it addresses the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Food SCM in cities, sustainability concerns of food waste, circular economy and last-mile distribution; and the prospects faced by city logistics, food security and the food-water-energy nexus.  weiterlesen