The relational attributes of marketplaces in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Autor: | David Smith |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Food security
business.industry 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Psychological intervention 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Public relations Urban Studies Port au prince Sociology business 050703 geography ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS |
Zdroj: | Environment and Urbanization. 31:497-516 |
ISSN: | 1746-0301 0956-2478 |
Popis: | This paper explores the interplay between social and physical aspects of food retail in disaster and post-disaster contexts and discusses how it can inform better market support interventions and food retail modernization agendas. To this end, this paper draws on a case study analysis of three distinct marketplaces in metropolitan Port-au-Prince to explore aspects of food provision and access. The findings demonstrate the pertinence of beneficial reciprocal relationships among traders and between traders and customers, as well as the physical preconditions for the existence and maintenance of these relationships over time. The study also reviews the impacts of destroyed and changing physical infrastructure in disaster and post-disaster contexts on these social relationships. It concludes by calling for an acknowledgement of the interrelated attributes of solidarity, proximity and stability of existing marketplaces in urban planning and humanitarian practices in the efforts to improve urban food security and disaster recovery. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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