Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific

Food consumption patterns and practices are rapidly changing in Asia and the Pacific, and nowhere are these changes more striking than in urban areas. This book brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, tourism, architecture and development studies to provide a co...

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Main Authors: Sahakian, Marlyne, Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina, Erkman, Suren
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.sa-faculty-pubs-10282020-06-10T08:30:42Z Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific Sahakian, Marlyne Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina Erkman, Suren Food consumption patterns and practices are rapidly changing in Asia and the Pacific, and nowhere are these changes more striking than in urban areas. This book brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, tourism, architecture and development studies to provide a comprehensive examination of food consumption trends in the cities of Asia and the Pacific, including household food consumption, eating out and food waste. The chapters cover different scales of analysis, from household research to national data, and combine different methodologies and approaches, from quantifiable data that show how much people consume to qualitative findings that reveal how and why consumption takes place in urban settings. Detailed case studies are included from China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as Hawai'i and Australia. The book makes a timely contribution to current debates on the challenges and opportunities for socially just and environmentally sound food consumption in urbanizing Asia and the Pacific. 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/29 https://www.routledge.com/Food-Consumption-in-the-City-Practices-and-patterns-in-urban-Asia-and/Sahakian-Saloma-Erkman/p/book/9781138120617 Sociology & Anthropology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo Sociology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic Sociology
spellingShingle Sociology
Sahakian, Marlyne
Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina
Erkman, Suren
Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
description Food consumption patterns and practices are rapidly changing in Asia and the Pacific, and nowhere are these changes more striking than in urban areas. This book brings together scholars from anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, tourism, architecture and development studies to provide a comprehensive examination of food consumption trends in the cities of Asia and the Pacific, including household food consumption, eating out and food waste. The chapters cover different scales of analysis, from household research to national data, and combine different methodologies and approaches, from quantifiable data that show how much people consume to qualitative findings that reveal how and why consumption takes place in urban settings. Detailed case studies are included from China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as Hawai'i and Australia. The book makes a timely contribution to current debates on the challenges and opportunities for socially just and environmentally sound food consumption in urbanizing Asia and the Pacific.
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author Sahakian, Marlyne
Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina
Erkman, Suren
author_facet Sahakian, Marlyne
Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina
Erkman, Suren
author_sort Sahakian, Marlyne
title Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
title_short Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
title_full Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
title_fullStr Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
title_full_unstemmed Food Consumption in the City: Practices and patterns in urban Asia and the Pacific
title_sort food consumption in the city: practices and patterns in urban asia and the pacific
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2017
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/29
https://www.routledge.com/Food-Consumption-in-the-City-Practices-and-patterns-in-urban-Asia-and/Sahakian-Saloma-Erkman/p/book/9781138120617
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