Mapping rural food poverty: The impact of rurality on consumers' access to food using an ‘at risk of food poverty index’

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103898

Natasha McClelland , Sinéad Furey , Paul McKenzie , Lynsey Hollywood

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Abstract

Food poverty (the inability to access sufficient, healthy food in a socially acceptable way) is a complex and multifaceted problem that is receiving considerable public and political attention. This research examined the structural causes of food poverty to determine if geographical disparities exist between rural and urban locations, in respect of food affordability, accessibility and availability, in the study region of Northern Ireland. This study developed an ‘At Risk of Food Poverty Index’ and utilised Geographic Information Systems to apply spatial analysis techniques to identify Census Small Areas at greatest potential risk of food poverty. The research found exposure to geographic variances in relation to food access impacts on food poverty risk. Results showed spatial variations exist in relation to rural and urban food poverty and rural dwellers face greater disadvantage in obtaining nutritionally adequate diets. The Index provides policymakers with a high-resolution model from which to target resources to vulnerable areas.

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绘制农村粮食贫困地图：利用“粮食贫困风险指数”研究农村对消费者获取粮食的影响

粮食贫穷（无法以社会可接受的方式获得充足、健康的食物）是一个复杂和多方面的问题，正在受到公众和政治的相当重视。这项研究审查了粮食贫困的结构性原因，以确定在北爱尔兰的研究区域，农村和城市地区之间在粮食的可负担性、可获得性和可获得性方面是否存在地理差异。本研究开发了“粮食贫困风险指数”，并利用地理信息系统应用空间分析技术来确定粮食贫困潜在风险最大的人口普查小区域。研究发现，与粮食获取有关的地理差异对粮食贫困风险的影响。结果表明，城乡粮食贫困存在空间差异，农村居民在获取营养充足膳食方面面临更大的劣势。该指数为政策制定者提供了一个高分辨率的模型，据此将资源投向脆弱地区。

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Journal of Rural Studies Multiple-

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9.80

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9.80%

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286

期刊介绍： The Journal of Rural Studies publishes research articles relating to such rural issues as society, demography, housing, employment, transport, services, land-use, recreation, agriculture and conservation. The focus is on those areas encompassing extensive land-use, with small-scale and diffuse settlement patterns and communities linked into the surrounding landscape and milieux. Particular emphasis will be given to aspects of planning policy and management. The journal is international and interdisciplinary in scope and content.