Participatory mapping and food-centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Participatory mapping and food-centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
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DOI：
10.1002/geo2.77
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Fevre, Eric
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作者：
Ahmed, Sahel;Haklay, Muki;Fevre, Eric
在肯尼亚内罗毕的大多数低收入非正规住区，食品摊贩在当地食品系统中起着关键作用，尽管他们被市政当局视为一种障碍，也被视为疾病和污物的传播者。本文探讨了这些食品景观的地理-定义为公共场所的粮食生产和消费-在内罗毕选定的低收入住区，重点是食品供应商与周围环境和基础设施服务的相互作用。这项研究使用了参与式地理信息系统工具，包括使用移动的应用程序绘制食物地图和使用气球绘制高分辨率社区鸟瞰图，以捕捉和整合当地知识。社区地图绘制者收集了来自基贝拉、马萨雷和穆库鲁18个村庄的660名供应商的数据，并将其置于每个定居点的多层天气地理概况中。由此产生的与食物空间和基础设施供应有关的危险地区数据使当地社区能够优先考虑定期清理活动的地区，并协助宣传与地方当局合作改善这些地方。这些食物景观的多重视觉表现使当地的食品供应商以及他们面临的风险第一次可见。从社会和环境正义的角度重新界定他们的“安全食物和环境权”，使当地社区能够将他们的经验、知识和面临的挑战置于城市发展规划、政策和实践的前列。
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low-income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes - defined as public sites of food production and consumption - in selected low-income settlements in Nairobi, focusing on the interaction of food vendors with their surrounding environment and infrastructure services. The research uses participatory geographic information system tools, including food mapping with mobile apps and high-resolution community aerial views with balloon mapping, to capture and contextualise local knowledge. The community mappers collected data on 660 vendors from 18 villages in Kibera, Mathare, and Mukuru, and situated them on multi-layered synoptic geographic overviews for each settlement. The resulting data on hazardous areas in relation to food spaces and infrastructure provision allowed local communities to prioritise areas for regular clean-up activities and assisted advocacy to improve these places in cooperation with local authorities. These multiple visual representations of foodscapes make local food vendors, and the risks they face, visible for the first time. Reframing their "right to safe food and environment" from a social and environmental justice perspective allows local communities to put their experiences, knowledge, and challenges faced at the forefront of urban development planning, policy, and practice.