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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831873903321

Titolo

Food consumption in the city : practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific / / edited by Marlyne Sahakian, Czarina Saloma and Suren Erkman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

9780367029746

036702974X

9781315651590

1315651599

9781317310501

1317310500

9781138120617

1138120618

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Disciplina

394.1/2095

394.12095

Soggetti

Food consumption - Asia

Food consumption - Pacific Area

Food habits - Asia

Food habits - Pacific Area

Food waste - Asia

Food waste - Pacific Area

Cities and towns - Social aspects - Asia

Cities and towns - Social aspects - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Trends across the region -- part 2. Food practices and cultures -- part 3. Food waste dynamics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, tourism, architecture and development studies to provide a comprehensive examination of food consumption trends in



the cities of Asia and the Pacific, including household food consumption, eating out and food waste.