Food distribution's socio-economic relationships and public policy: Mexico City's municipal public markets

Gerardo Torres Salcido, Mario del Roble Pensado Leglise and Andrew Smolski

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 3, 293-305

Abstract: Traditional food supply systems, like municipal public markets (MPM), are in crisis. Nevertheless, MPMs continue to demonstrate importance in the lives of the cities. In this article we discuss the case of Mexico City and the importance of the public markets for its neighbourhoods. We present the results of two research projects, completed in Mexico City at two different historical times and interpreted longitudinally. The results demonstrate the importance of socio-economic relationships for MPM's survival and potential. The article concludes with public policy recommendations to permit conservation, given the MPM's importance for the city's social cohesion.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1016481

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