Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change - weADAPT

Figure 2: Impacts on Municipal Food SecurityAdapted from ‘Rychetnik, Webb, Story & Katz (2002) Food Security Options Paper, NSWCentre for Public Health Nutrition,’ and ‘Dahlgren G & Whitehead M (1991), Policies andStrategies to Promote Social Equity in Health, Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm.’Reproduced from the Maribyrnong City Council Food Security Policy, 20112013.Furthermore, Melbourne City Council, which was not one of the nine localgovernments that took part on the Food for All project, recently released its ownFood Policy, demonstrating that food security is becoming a more common themeat lower level governments. The City of Melbourne’s Food Policy sets out ‘five keythemes’ to guide its strategic directions and actions towards food security,including:strong, food-secure communities;health and well-being for all;a sustainable and resilient food system;a vibrant local economy;a city that celebrates food.Here, food security, or access to nutritious and safe food is treated as a basichuman right, which should be enhanced by collaborative action across localgovernment. The health and well-being for all component refers not only toindividual health and well-being through increased access to healthy and nutritiousfoods, but also to enhanced environmental well-being with a focus on ‘sustainablyproducedfoods and food choices’.The City of Melbourne’s Food Policy presents a multi-dimensional conception offood through a food systems approach. This more holistic and integrated attitudewas expressed also by a number of interviewees, including a practitioner from thenon-government sector explains:Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change 111