Besthorn (2013) states that food insecurity is an urban issue, in that by 2050, 67 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas (United Nations2012). Accessibility, affordability and availability of food are the three core aspects of food security (Lang and Barling2012) that canno...
Household food insecurityUrban poorUrban slumsVulnerable householdsHFIASMumbaiIndiaIndia ranks 66th of 88 countries in the Global Hunger Index and has a quarter of the world's hungry. Food security status of 377 million inhabitants of India's urban areas, of which one-fourth live in extreme ...
Reliance on purchased food is a leading factor in household food insecurity of poor urban populations, who lacked a fixed income. Inspite of the availability of a wider variety of food, the food consumed in urban areas is not ... AS Ekpenyong - 《Journal of Studies in Social Sciences》 被...
Food insecurity remains a visible reality among this segment. Yet, it is scarcely documented. This paper describes levels and determinants of experiential household food insecurity (HFI) in an underserved urban slum of Delhi (India) and reports the internal validity and reliability of the measure ...
ADDIS ABABA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Food insecurity is rapidly worsening in Eastern Africa as an estimated 81.6 million people including internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees and host communities in rural and urban areas are facing high acute food insecurity, the United Nations World Food Prog...
In particular, the state of food security is severe in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, and the prevalence of stunting and wasting is higher in rural areas than in urban areas [2]. Food security in these areas is an urgent issue that should be resolved immediately. Based on the ...
Food insecurity is recognised as an increasing problem in disadvantaged and marginalised groups. The aim of this study was to investigate issues associated with food insecurity and nutrition in young people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness in metropolitan Australia.Eight focus group discussions...
Food deserts and the sociology of space: Distance to food retailers and food insecurity in an Urban American neighborhood Recent changes in food retailing structure have led to the development of large supercenters in suburban areas of the United States. These changes have led some authors to sugg...
The evolution in the relationship the city has with its food system can be inter- preted as a case of multifaceted distancing (Bricas et al. 2013): –– geographical distancing with remote relocation of supply areas because of urban expansion and facilitated by the decrease in fossil fuel ...
Urban Agriculture, Food Insecurity, and Sustainability: Proposing urban agriculture land use plans for New York CityUrban Agriculture, Food Insecurity, and Sustainability: Proposing urban agriculture land use plans for New York CityThompson, Jezra