Why Is the Study of Food Environments Still Relevant

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22018451
AutoresClaire Thompson (0000-0002-0864-9811, University of Hertfordshire), D Smith (0000-0002-0650-6606, University of Southampton)
Año2025
Volumen10
Fecha de publicación2025-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.11594
OpenAlexW7113899964
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas36

Food environments are the point of intersection where people engage with the food system. As such, they are a key consideration for food policy and governance in countries across the world. This collection of articles draws upon research conducted in a range of countries and predominantly, but not exclusively, urban settings. Research presented here expands on the way food environments have traditionally been explored in academic studies since the 1990s, introducing novel methodologies for assessment and incorporating the digital food environment, as well as food aid resources. Contemporary research must contend with the theoretical challenge of conceptualizing food environments in relation to wider social forces and changes. The more practical challenge is to inform improvements to neighbourhood food environments whilst avoiding the associated propensity to further perpetuate fragmented and short‐term responses to food inequalities

Corporate governance · Food policy · Food systems · Organic Food and Agriculture · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability