Co-creating sustainable eating futures: Technology, ICT and citizen-consumer ambivalence

Futures

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-193

  Davies, Anna R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food; Governance; Ireland; Participatory backcasting; Social practice; Transition management

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 84924136541     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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