The role of public markets in urban habitability and competitiveness

Balsas, Carlos J. L.

doi:10.1108/jpmd-05-2019-0033

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“…After all, food availability is a result of business location decisions. Studies have shown that in recent decades, the suburbanization of North American food retailers has contributed to the emergence of urban food deserts/swamps or disadvantaged urban areas where it is relatively difficult to obtain healthy and affordable food (e.g., [ 17 , 47 ]). Policies to improve public health and the built environment must also recognize the potential impact of suburbanization on access to healthy and affordable food.…”

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Premiums for Residing in Unfavorable Food Environments: Are People Rational?

Yang

Qiu

2022

IJERPH

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The most extensive research areas in the food environment literature include identifying vulnerable dietary environments and studying how these environments affect eating behaviors and health. So far, research on people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for residing in different types of food environments is limited. Therefore, this study aims to estimate WTP for different types of food environments by using spatial hedonic pricing models. The empirical application applies to the Canadian city of Edmonton. The results show that people are willing to pay a premium to live in neighborhoods with poor access to supermarkets and grocery stores (food-desert type) and neighborhoods with excessive access to fast-food restaurants and convenience stores (food-swamp type). Why do rational people prefer to live in disadvantaged food environments? The seemingly counter-intuitive result has its rationality. The premium paid to live in food-desert type environment may reflect people’s dislike of noise, traffic jams, and potential safety issues brought by supermarkets and grocery stores. The WTP for living in food-swamp type environment may reflect people’s preference for convenience and time-saving brought by fast-food consumption in modern urban society. Additionally, the inability of low-income families to afford healthy food may be a deeper reason for choosing to live in neighborhoods with excess access to fast food. To improve the eating environment and encourage healthy lifestyles, the government can encourage healthier fast-food restaurants, provide grocery shopping vouchers, and promote community garden projects.

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Premiums for Residing in Unfavorable Food Environments: Are People Rational?

Yang

Qiu

2022

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“…Both locations and types of market installations have been highlighted in several studies as being particularly interesting [ 34 , 35 , 36 ]. The present study found that the type of market installation had no influence on conditioning consumer preferences.…”

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Does the Consumer Sociodemographic Profile Influence the Perception of Aspects Related and Not Related to Food Safety? A Study in Traditional Spanish Street Markets

Verdú

Millán

Saavedra

et al. 2021

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Street food markets are important for local economic development, but they must also meet visitors’ demands while operating. Since consumers’ trust is based on their perception on different aspects of these markets, the aim of this work was to study which factors most affected their purchase decision criteria. A total of 950 surveys were collected in 21 street markets (Canary Islands, Spain), recording data from the consumers’ estimation on food safety-related items (i.e., hygiene conditions of market installations, products, and food handlers) as well as other categories (i.e., prices and staff professionalism). The gathered data let us determine whether sociodemographic consumers variables like age, gender, or education level influenced their perceptions. The scores showed a strong correlation, the subsequent principal components analysis explained 81% of variability only with the first two components. The level of tolerance toward all items underlies in the first component, which was significantly higher for those aged 60 and older, but no significant correlation was found for gender or level of education. The youngest participants were more demanding about food safety-related aspects, while the middle-aged group was more critical of prices. This was especially true of females, who demanded better quality:price ratios. Knowing these preferences could facilitate the development of more effective marketing strategies, helping make street markets more competitive.

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“…5.1 Managerial implications 5.1.1 Assess and position the market from diverse experiential dimensions. For towns and cities, markets have several positive social, financial, macro-spatial, environmental impacts, which make places more habitable and competitive (Balsas, 2019), and are regarded as one of the influential and controllable factors that foster town centre vitality and viability (IPM, 2019). However, many markets in the UK have suffered from decreasing footfall and the rising costs of floor space (Airey, 2017), and consequently may need to "re-invent" themselves to survive.…”

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Responding to the voice of the markets: an analysis of Tripadvisor reviews of UK retail markets

Taecharungroj

Warnaby

Parker

2020

JPMD

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the experience of visitors to UK markets by analysing their Tripadvisor reviews to identify perceived experiential dimensions with a view to informing actions by those responsible for market management to provide a better consumer experience. Design/methodology/approach This research analysed 41,071 Tripadvisor reviews of 61 UK markets. A latent Dirichlet allocation machine learning algorithm was conducted to identify the experience dimensions of visitors. A text analysis was performed to indicate salience and valence of commonly used words. Findings Five dimensions of experience are identified: atmosphere, merchandise, local variety, food and disappointment, together with the underlying factors that drive positive experience. Practical implications Place and market managers should assess and position their market informed by diverse experiential dimensions. They should also improve and enhance the experience of visitors according to the underlying factors of each dimension. Originality/value Retail markets have historically played an important role in the development of urban places. However, the ability to continue performing this role requires a greater understanding of how markets are perceived by those who use them. One way to achieve this is to use emergent technologies to inform decision-making by those responsible for their management. It demonstrates the potential of a new analytical technique using digital technologies to improve one of the oldest forms of retailing.

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The role of public markets in urban habitability and competitiveness

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Premiums for Residing in Unfavorable Food Environments: Are People Rational?

Premiums for Residing in Unfavorable Food Environments: Are People Rational?

Does the Consumer Sociodemographic Profile Influence the Perception of Aspects Related and Not Related to Food Safety? A Study in Traditional Spanish Street Markets

Responding to the voice of the markets: an analysis of Tripadvisor reviews of UK retail markets

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