Gastronomy and Urban Space [electronic resource] : Changes and Challenges in Geographical Perspective / edited by Andrzej Kowalczyk, Marta Derek.

Part I: Theoretical aspects of studies on gastronomy in urban space -- Relations between gastronomy and the city -- Theories and concepts related to gastronomy in urban space -- Dimensions of gastronomy in contemporary cities -- Part II: Changes -- Changes in gastronomy and urban space - Introduction to Part II -- Culinary attractiveness of a city - Old and new destinations -- Traditional and regional cuisine in urban space -- Changes in the distribution of gastronomic services in the city centre -- Restaurants and bars in the outer city -- Suburbanisation and gastronomic services on the outskirts of Warsaw (Poland): Piaseczno -- Eating establishments in smaller cities and towns in Poland (on selected examples) -- Ethnic cuisine in urban space -- Tourist experience and change in culinary tastes. An example of Polish students in Warsaw -- The food supply chain in the restaurant industry: a case study from Warsaw, Poland -- Part III: Challenges -- New trends in gastronomy in the context of the urban space - Introduction to Part III -- New gastronomic hotspots in the urban space. Food courts in Poland -- Challenges to urban gastronomy: green and blue spaces -- Street food and food trucks: Old and new trends in urban gastronomy -- Home delivery services -- Conclusion.

This book focuses on the relationship between gastronomy and urban space. It highlights the intrinsic role of eating establishments and the gastronomy industry for cities by assessing their huge impacts on urban changes and discussing some of the challenges posed by new developments. Written by authors with a background in geography, it starts by discussing theoretical aspects of studies on gastronomy in urban space to place the subject in the broader context of urban geography. Covering both changes and challenges in gastronomy in urban space, it presents a wide range of problems, which are described and analysed using various case studies from Europe and other parts of the world.