Sustainable Food Consumption in China: Changing Foodscapes, Values, and Practices

Hughes, Alex; Zhong, Shuru; Crang, Michael; Zeng, Guojun; Fastoso, Fernando; Gonzalez Jimenez, Hector; Doherty, Bob

Abstract

The book investigates the current and potential roles of food consumption to address sustainability challenges in China, focusing on the case of the megacity of Guangzhou from perspectives of government, commercial, and third sector actors, and through the lived experiences of consumers.

It attends to the rapidly transforming landscapes of retail across urban China and the ways they are shaping and are shaped by everyday food consumption practices, and through a multi-method research approach, provides readers with a rich and comprehensive understanding of the relationships and tensions between contemporary practices of food consumption and pressing sustainability challenges.

Citation

Hughes, A., Zhong, S., Crang, M., Zeng, G., Fastoso, F., Gonzalez Jimenez, H., & Doherty, B. (in press). Sustainable Food Consumption in China: Changing Foodscapes, Values, and Practices. Taylor and Francis

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Deposit Date: Jan 8, 2025
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Critical Food Studies
• Keywords: food, consumption, China, sustainable consumption,
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3327740
• Contract Date: Dec 15, 2022