Spatial inequality and its relationship with local food environments: The case of Barcelona

Urban inequalities in the 21st century economy

“…The concept of "food desert" is used to describe areas lacking access to healthy food, which is usually related to uneven distribution of healthy food stores. However, as most studies are concentrated on the U.S., research is insufficient in other areas, which may have different patterns and mechanisms than the U.S. For instance, Garcia, Garcia-Sierra, and Domene (2020) analyze food access in Barcelona, and find relative equal accessibilities to food stores in the city; however, the accessibility to organic food is linked to better socioeconomic conditions, and broadly, the restructuring of the retail sector (Zhang & Wei, 2017).…”

Application of Random Forest and SHAP Tree Explainer in Exploring Spatial (In)Justice to Aid Urban Planning

“…As stated above, individual studies of spatial injustices are quite common. These studies exploring spatial inequalities across geographies focus on environmental injustices, education, healthcare, transportation, and parks, to name a few [5,6,[8][9][10]12]. However, they do not provide a complete picture of the spatial injustices that may be occurring at local geographies, and this paper seeks to begin developing a more robust and holistic exploration of spatial injustices in the belief that communities that suffer from one spatial injustice often have additional underlying concerns of injustice.…”

“…From poor performing schools to issues of gentrification and to food insecurity, spatial inequalities have become a byproduct of the capitalistic, market-driven, private property economic system that has become common across the globe. Numerous scholars have explored these singular issues of spatial inequalities, including studies on education, health, housing, food, transportation, and parks [5][6][7][8][9][10]. However, little scholarship has been focused on exploring how these manifestations of spatial inequality collectively impact the assessment of well-being and quality of life.…”

Precision approaches to food insecurity: A spatial analysis of urban hunger and its contextual correlates in an African city

“…This ''nutrition transition" has been linked to an increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity, and diet-related non-communicable diseases (Brown, 2018;Steyn & Mchiza, 2014). Fruits and vegetables are additionally a focus of global and African health targets, as these are consumed at lower than recommended levels worldwide, especially in poorer communities (Drimie et al, 2013;Garcia et al, 2020). Therefore, if the world is to reach the Sustainable Development Goal of ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030, then Africa must be able to respond to these challenges for managing urban hunger, including balanced diets (Faber et al, 2009;Kennedy et al, 2011) and food security (Coates et al, 2006;Leroy et al, 2015).…”