Urban Food Systems in Latin America

Territories, Mobilities and Governance

Tiana Bakić Hayden, Joaquín Pérez Martín

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31 March 2025

Ethnic studies; Primary industries; Human geography; Management of land & natural resources; Agricultural science

Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

Drawing on a range of case studies from across Latin America, this book highlights the ways that urbanization shapes the food systems that feed this region’s cities, approaching the problem of food in cities as a particularly urban problem.

Latin America is the most urbanized area in the world, with nearly eighty percent of the population living in cities, where rates of food and nutritional insecurity are persistently high, and where the social and spatial organization is characterized by inequality and segregation. The broader questions addressed in this volume are: How do the specific processes and dynamics of Latin American urbanization influence or shape food systems? How can urban food systems develop forms of governance that supports food security and sustainability? After a general introduction, this volume is organized in three main sections: territories, mobilities, and governance. The chapters consider how specific elements such as urban planning, zoning, migration, gentrification, informal settlements, logistics, retailers, wholesale markets and street vendors, among others, contribute to shaping how food is distributed, sold and bought in cities. Drawing on studies and theoretical approaches written by scholars and practitioners from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, this book provides a Latin American perspective on global discussions surrounding the role of cities in ensuring food access to urban populations.

This volume will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers interested in food systems, food studies, urban planning, sustainable urban development and Latin American studies.

Edited by: Tiana Bakić Hayden, Joaquín Pérez Martín
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032750064
ISBN 10: 1032750065
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction. Latin American urbanization and food systems: integrating perspective towards a more sustainable food future.SECTION I - Territories 1. Urban governance and the regulation of street food vending in Latin America. 2. Food gentrification in Mexico. Three urban experiences. 3. Land disputes and the urbanization process: challenges for urban food systems. 4. The need of land for peri-urban agricultural production and its inclusion onto the national public agendas. Regional planning instruments to preserve green belts in Latin America. SECTION II - Mobilities 5. On the way to the city: Food transportation in short marketing circuits in Mexico City 6. Mobile infrastructures: The appification of the urban food delivery 7. Migration and Urban Food Systems in Latin America 8. Eating on the move. Metro Stations as Care Infrastructure in the City of Santiago SECTION III - Governance 9. Supermarket expansion strategies in Latin America: Impacts on urban economic structure and food environments 10. Concentration and centralization of capital in Brazilian food retail: economic strategies, territorial expansion and the production of urban space in medium-sized cities 11. Fair trade and agroecology: emerging tools to strengthen commercial strategies of family farmers organizations 12. Actor constellations and contested governance in the Mexico City public markets’ network 13. Local urban food policies in Latin America: The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact as translocal-internacional articulation network. Final reflections Food and the production of urban space: Reflections from experiences in Latin American cities.

Tiana Bakić Hayden is an Anthropologist and a Professor of Urban Studies at El Colegio de México, Mexico. Her research focuses on cultures of food commerce and consumption, and on the relationship between food and mobilities. Joaquín Pérez Martín is a Professor and Researcher of agri-food systems at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. His research focuses on urban food supply, food infrastructure, logistics, governance and policies.