1st Edition
Food Deserts and Food Insecurity in the UK Exploring Social Inequality
1. The complexities and challenges of researching hunger in wealthier countries 2. Food deserts: access, affordability and availability of retail food 3. The emergence of ‘food poverty’ as a research topic 4. New geographies of food access and inequality 5. Food in place: methodological approaches to understanding inequalities in food 6. The changing landscape of food research
Biography
Dianna Smith is an Associate Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton, UK.
Claire Thompson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Health and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
"Increasing evidence of food poverty and food insecurity experienced by people in wealthy countries is of major concern. In response, the expansion of emergency charitable food aid provision similarly evidences that the issue is being ignored by government. In this wonderful new book, Smith and Thompson work to systematically examine the UK’s food environment, showing clear associations between food deserts, food poverty and mental and physical poor health outcomes. As Smith and Thompson offer a methodological framework, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in understanding the socio-political and geographical drivers of food poverty, and the inescapable links between food waste, food charity and poor health outcomes."
Dr Dave Beck, Lecturer of Social Policy, University of Salford
