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作者

Margriet Goossensen;Xavier Garcia;Marta Garcia-Sierra;Laura Calvet-Mir;Elena Domene

来源

CITIES,Vol.134,Issue1,Article 104118

语言

英文

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作者单位

Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Plaça del Coneixement, Edifici MRA, Planta 2, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;TURBA Lab, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona (IERMB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Plaça del Coneixement, Edifici MRA, Planta 2, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain;TURBA Lab, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;Centre for Urban Research, School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, 411 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), School of Design, The University of Western Australia, Level 2, 1002 Hay St, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;School of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;Brown University, Population and Studies Training Center, 68 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912, United States of America;Vanderbilt University, Department of Sociology, PMB 351811, Nashville, TN 37235-1811, United States of America;State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disasters, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72762, USA;School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Ministry of Emergency Management and Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China;Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;Department of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8568, Japan;LocationMind Inc., 3-5-2 Iwamotocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan;SUSTech-UTokyo Joint Research Center on Super Smart City, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China;College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China;School of Urban Planning & Design, Peking University, Shenzhen, China;State Key laboratory of urban and regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Megaregion National Observation and Research Station for Eco-Environmental Change, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;Xiongan Institute of Innovation, Xiongan New Area, 071000, China

摘要

The characterization of local food environments is of great importance due to its connection with the health of citizens. Nevertheless, little is known about the in-store availability, quality, and price of healthy items in convenience stores, a food store quickly spreading in urban settings around the globe. To fill this gap, this study explores their contribution to healthy food environments in Barcelona (Spain). We compiled a representative food basket with healthy options and compared it with 170 observations in convenience stores to collect data on the in-store availability, quality, and price. About 66 % sold fruit and vegetables. The quality of fruit and vegetables sold was good-medium. Compared to regular supermarkets, the basket at a convenience store was 18 % more expensive. There were not differences in the availability and quality of products between neighbourhoods of different income levels. We conclude that convenience stores contribute equally as supermarkets in terms of availability and quality to the healthy local food environments. More research is needed to effectively evaluate the implications of affordability in low-income neighbourhoods. We highlight the importance of considering convenience stores in the healthy food access mapping in urban settings worldwide, and on the global debate on sustainable food environments.