ISHIMARU Kanae

Abstract:

The “New middle class” which emerged during the 2000’s economic boom in Brazil, has been dropping in social stature because of the recent severe economic recession. Hence this emergent “new middle class” developed as result of an increase in formal employment, supposedly, the great majority of middle-income families have been residing in urban areas. However, according to information acquired from personal communications, many Brazilian researchers have collected data that shows a clear increase in the population movement from urban to urban peripheries after the economic recession. This presentation first examines the phenomenon of peoples’ mobility from urban to urban peripheries or to rural areas in Northern Brazil. Next, will be discussed the food security in urban peripheries as a pull factor for peoples’ mobility, and finally, the food security system developed in urban peripheries.

Dr. Ishimaru received her PHD in Agriculture from Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Agriculture in 2005 with a specialization in Forest Ecology. She is currently an Associate professor at the Regional Research Center at Okayama University.