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Urban Food Deserts: Perspectives from the Global South

The industrialization of the urban food system, alongside the proliferation of supermarkets, has dramatically transformed the landscape of food accessibility in cities. In many countries, the spatial consolidation of food provisioning has deprived many urban neighbourhoods of easy access to food, pa...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:
proximity to food outlets
dietary diversity
food access
food security
food environment
food geographies
food deserts
malnutrition
children
urbanization
Southern Africa
food sources
urban food system
NOVA food classification system
shopping behaviors
food insecurity
food purchasing characteristics
socioeconomic area
obesity
out-shoppers
Windhoek
Namibia
informal settlements
informal food sector
supermarkets
urban poverty
social networks
food desert
food justice
African urbanism
African food systems
food policy
Food deserts
food sourcing
Mexico City
Nairobi
food environments
urban
mapping
nutrition
South Africa
Ghana
governance
ultra-processed
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
Online Access:ONIX_20220111_9783036510422_477
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