Extending the food desert debate [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Graham Clarke and David Bennison

• Pubblicazione: [Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (72 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.8; 658.8082
• Soggetto topico: Retail trade; Consumer behavior
• Altri autori: ClarkeGraham BennisonDavid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abstracts & keywords; Extending the food desert debate Guest editorial; Food retail change and the growth of food deserts: a case study of Cardiff; Retail competition and consumer choice: contextualising the ''food deserts'' debate; Measuring convenience: Scots' perceptions of local food and retail provision; Food access and dietary variety among older people; The Leeds ''food deserts'' intervention study: what the focus groups reveal
• Sommario/riassunto: ''Food deserts'' in British cities are partly the result of the expansion of multiple food retailing. New large stores force smaller stores to close down, thus depriving local residents of food shopping opportunities. Examines this proposition through an analysis of changes in consumer access to food shopping in Cardiff over the last 20 years. Shows that although accessibility scores have increased in Cardiff since 1980 they have increased at a faster rate in higher income areas. In a pocket of deprived areas accessibility has declined over the decade. Thus, there has been a polarisation effec
• Titolo autorizzato: Extending the food desert debate
• ISBN: 1-280-51505-8; 9786610515059; 1-84544-362-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777087403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International journal of retail & distribution management ; ; v. 32, no. 2, 2004, special issue.