Technological and social adaptation to COVID-19: Food for Vulnerable Urban Groups in Six Global CitiesVisa övriga samt affilieringar
2023 (Engelska)Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]
This report outlines the results from the research project Food for Urban Life and Localities (FULL) funded by Formas (2020-02864). The research set out to learn how COVID-19 response strategies in six cities (Stockholm, London, Wuhan, Singapore, Sydney, and Seoul) have facilitated access to food for vulnerable groups and how new food supply solutions have emerged through social and technological innovations. This report presents the case of each city in turn and pauses on the role of community-based organisations, ad- hoc community initiatives and municipalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report provides a detailed discussion of local or community-level responses in cities that aim to provide access to food through social and/or technological innovations. The lessons learned are important for the Swedish context in the case of similar events that challenge local access to food. The research collected data through qualitative and quantitative methods, and also made use of the breadth of online data sources in response to COVID-19 restrictions on free movement and travelling. The overall finding is that in situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, local access to food is extremely challenging and cannot be addressed by existing welfare or state arrangements only;civil society organisations and voluntary community organizations (VCOs) step in to fill the gap in public provision; and the stricter the lockdown, the more dependent on civil society response urban areas and communities were.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2023. , s. 71
Serie
Linköping studies in Social Policy, E-ISSN 2004-6588 ; 2022:1
Nyckelord [en]
cities; food; vulnerability; COVID-19; civil society; public policy
Nationell ämneskategori
Statsvetenskap
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-192632DOI: 10.3384/9789180750578ISBN: 9789180750578 (digital)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-192632DiVA, id: diva2:1746008
Forskningsfinansiär
Forskningsrådet Formas, 2020-02864
Anmärkning
2023-03-27 First published online.
2023-05-17 New version published with a minor correction in the abstract including funding information. To this date, the report has been downloaded 188 times.
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