Robert Gottlieb edits two book series and a book imprint for MIT Press that are housed at UEPI and the Center for Food & Justice:
URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS
UEPI
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MIT
Press Page for the Series
Published by The
MIT Press
Five Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142-1493
The Urban and Industrial was established in 1997. Through 2005 twenty-two titles have been published. The series seeks to address issues of urban life, industry structures and activities, local and global environments and questions of social and environmental justice. The series continues to actively solicit new manuscripts.
SUSTAINABLE METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES BOOKS
Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Books is an imprint in the Urban and Industrial Envrionments series. Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Books provide an exploration of the social and environmental justice dimensions of sustainability within a metropolitan as well as community-based framework and where the discussions of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and connection to place are paramount. For more information on the series, please check out the SMC Books website at www.sustainablebooks.org.
FOOD, HEALTH, and ENVIRONMENT
In 2005, MIT Press, in conjunction with the Center for Food & Justice, launched its new series, Food, Health and Environment. Manuscripts are being solicited in relation to the following description of the series;
"During the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the area of food systems research that has paralleled the development of domestic and international community food movements. The focus for such research and social-movement development has included issues of the environment, technology changes, global shifts in production and distribution, health and nutrition, the rise of fast food, and urban food access and rural economic development, among other topics.
To explore such issues and publish manuscripts based on those topics, a new book series, Food, Health, and the Environment, has been established by The MIT Press that will be housed at the Center for Food & Justice at Occidental College. The series seeks to encourage manuscripts and proposals about the issues, research agendas, and new social movements related to the production, distribution, and consumption of food. Books in the series should address the environmental, economic, social, health, and cultural aspects of food growing, processing, manufacturing, retail, distribution, and consumption at the local, regional, national, and global levels.
We are seeking manuscripts from researchers in such fields as Planning, Environmental Health, Sociology, Nutritional Sciences, Land Economics, Political Science, Rural Sociology, Urban and Environmental Policy, and Cultural Anthropology, among other disciplines. We are also seeking manuscripts and proposals from activists and practitioners who can discuss their experiences and knowledge in different food systems arenas. Food, Health and Environment books will hopefully cross boundaries between disciplines and among audiences, addressing the interests of both academics and the general public, including policymakers, community activists, environmental and health NGOs, and fair trade groups."
For more information contact Robert Gottlieb or Amanda Shaffer at the Center for Food & Justice.