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Retail Inequality
Kenneth H. Kolb
其他書名
Reframing the Food Desert Debate
出版Univ of California Press, 2021-12-14
主題Business & Economics / Economics / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Industries / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food PolicySocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / UrbanSocial Science / Agriculture & FoodSocial Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
ISBN05203841809780520384187
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=id1FEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Retail Inequality examines the failure of recent efforts to improve Americans' diets by increasing access to healthy food. Based on exhaustive research, this book by Kenneth H. Kolb documents the struggles of two Black neighborhoods in Greenville, South Carolina. For decades, outsiders ignored residents' complaints about the unsavory retail options on their side of town—until the well-intentioned but flawed "food desert" concept took hold in popular discourse. Soon after, new allies arrived to help, believing that grocery stores and healthier options were the key to better health. These efforts, however, did not change neighborhood residents' food consumption practices. Retail Inequality explains why and also outlines the history of deindustrialization, urban public policy, and racism that are the cause of unequal access to food today. Kolb identifies retail inequality as the crucial concept to understanding today’s debates over gentrification and community development. As this book makes clear, the battle over food deserts was never about food—it was about equality.