Urban Food Deserts in Japan

This book introduces the Japanese urban food desert (FD). Currently, Japan has the most rapidly aging society in the world, with a shrinking population and food desert issues in connection with the isolation of the elderly people from their families and local communities. The types of food deserts t...

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Main Authors: Iwama, Nobuyuki, Asakawa, Tatsuto (Author), Tanaka, Koichi (Author), Sasaki, Midori (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book introduces the Japanese urban food desert (FD). Currently, Japan has the most rapidly aging society in the world, with a shrinking population and food desert issues in connection with the isolation of the elderly people from their families and local communities. The types of food deserts that Japan is currently facing are likely to occur in many other countries under similar circumstances in the near future. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers who are working on FD issues in Japan as well as in other countries. The book consists of 8 chapters, with each chapter covering a different aspect of FD, and it also includes case studies, one of which is the FD in Tokyo
Physical Description:XXI, 237 p. 93 illus., 1 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789811608933