Category: Social Geography

Food swamps have been described as areas with a high-density of establishments selling high-calorie fast food and junk food, relative to healthier food options (Cooksey-Stowers).

The Unfair Burden put on consumers in low income areas is a product of fast food industries’ exploitation of their spatial constraints. This burden includes

Social Geography can be defined as the modern, spatial organization of cities and suburbs, and how it influences, limits, and constrains the individual consumer’s choices