Add to ORKGIncludes bibliographical references.The project developed out of a theoretical inquiry into the use of food as a design tool to facilitate urban regeneration. The need for change arises from the loss of public space due to corporate control over food and food retail taking place in privatised environments. This socio- spatial polarisation becomes visible when mapping the change from historic marketplace to supermarket. The two primary concerns which arise from this socio-spatial polarisation are that of food being viewed as a utilitarian commodity, which allows routine shopping to take place in a supermarket rather than a market, and an evacuation of the public realm with the disappearance of food from public marketplaces. Spatial and infra...
South African cities, similarly to other cities across the Global South, experience high levels of f...
The architecture of the supermarket and the landscape of food production, processing, distribution, ...
This dissertation investigates the re-industrialisation of our townships by using urban agriculture ...
This research is founded on the argument that food systems are (and should be) a core mandate for ur...
If there is anything to be learnt from developed cities around the world, it is that the private sec...
For many years, urban food insecurity has been 'invisible' to urban planners and policy makers. This...
The rapid rise in supermarkets in developing countries over the last few decades has resulted in the...
If there is anything to be learnt from developed cities around the world, it is that the private sec...
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.In...
Historically food has played an important role in how cities are shaped. The modern city is no excep...
Historically food has played an important role in how cities are shaped. The modern city is no excep...
For the past thirty years, food producers and consumers have initiated alternative food networks (AF...
The underlying assumption in much of the Euro-American food deserts literature is that urban food de...
The thesis investigates whether the Zimbabwe planning regulatory framework engages with urban food s...
This thesis investigates a link between food security and rural to urban migration in the city of Ca...
South African cities, similarly to other cities across the Global South, experience high levels of f...
The architecture of the supermarket and the landscape of food production, processing, distribution, ...
This dissertation investigates the re-industrialisation of our townships by using urban agriculture ...
This research is founded on the argument that food systems are (and should be) a core mandate for ur...
If there is anything to be learnt from developed cities around the world, it is that the private sec...
For many years, urban food insecurity has been 'invisible' to urban planners and policy makers. This...
The rapid rise in supermarkets in developing countries over the last few decades has resulted in the...
If there is anything to be learnt from developed cities around the world, it is that the private sec...
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.In...
Historically food has played an important role in how cities are shaped. The modern city is no excep...
Historically food has played an important role in how cities are shaped. The modern city is no excep...
For the past thirty years, food producers and consumers have initiated alternative food networks (AF...
The underlying assumption in much of the Euro-American food deserts literature is that urban food de...
The thesis investigates whether the Zimbabwe planning regulatory framework engages with urban food s...
This thesis investigates a link between food security and rural to urban migration in the city of Ca...
South African cities, similarly to other cities across the Global South, experience high levels of f...
The architecture of the supermarket and the landscape of food production, processing, distribution, ...
This dissertation investigates the re-industrialisation of our townships by using urban agriculture ...