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The chapter focuses on the “food” thematic asset, presenting in the first parts the main urgencies deriving and connected to the food system emerging in the Rocinha context and the outcomes from the critical and comparative analysis of existing food policies and practices. These highlight both the main barriers to implementation and stabilisation of food policies/measures and the opportunities (and inspirations) from existing experiences. The final parts are dedicated to the “food projects” integrated in the PolimiparaRocinha urban regeneration process, with a specific focus on the synergies and connection with the whole framework of the PolimiparaRocinha vision and on the “food initiatives” proposed and shared with the local communities. Food is one of the main drivers for the regeneration process of the Rocinha favela: its strong correlations with water management sector (water drainage) and with waste management (reuse of organic waste) made food policies and related interventions a crucial tool in the design/implementation process of synergic strategies towards a new circular metabolism of Rocinha.
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The authors are grateful to all the components of Politecnico di Milano’s research team coordinated by Profs. Massimo Tadi and Gabriele Masera, to Dr. Marco Contardi of FGV, to Dr. Pietro Ceppi and to Prof. Gabriella Rossi (and her team) of the Urban Engineering Programme of Escola Politécnica.
Although the chapter is the result of a common reflection, paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 have been written by Angela Colucci and paragraph 2 by Lorenza Maria Sganzetta.
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(1) The “food chain” process follows in most of the cases two kind of circuits: one is the long circuit (which makes use of the large-scale retail trade and implies the food production big holdings, the industrial transformation, storage in warehouses, transportation, retail, consumption and waste) and the other is the short circuit (where the goods follow a more concise path that goes directly from the producer to the retailer) (Post, 2002).
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Colucci, A., Sganzetta, L.M. (2020). Food as Strategic Driver in the Sustainable Regeneration Process of the Rocinha Favela. In: Masera, G., Tadi, M. (eds) Environmental Performance and Social Inclusion in Informal Settlements. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44352-8_8
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