ABSTRACT
This chapter has considered a range of approaches to the topic of food flows to the city in the developing world. It has reviewed a wide range of approaches that have been applied in what has been described as a sparse literature – at least in relation to other services in urban areas. Concern has been expressed by some researchers that the way in which food flows have previously been researched has been partial. Latterly interdisciplinary approaches have been emphasised, which reflect the wide-ranging set of connections between food supply systems and other aspects of the economy and society. It is argued that this broader approach should also take into consideration alternative sources of food supply such as food imports and urban production in order to assess the impacts on both urban and rural areas and the linkages between them.
