Urban Food Deserts: Perspectives from the Global South

• Other Authors: Crush, Jonathan (Editor), Si, Zhenzhong (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; 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
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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...