The quality turn in the Danish food scape: new food chains emerging – new territorial impacts?

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Data model (Manniche & Kjeldsen 2009, p. 2).

Figure 2.  Danish municipalities classified after their degree of rurality (Kristensen et al. 2006, p. 4).

Table 1. Indicators used for indexing rurality in the Danish context (Kristensen et al. 2006, p. 3).

Theme	No.	Indicator
Urbanisation	1	Population per sq km in 2004
	2	Share of population in rural areas and cities below 1000 inhabitants of 2004 population
	3	Share of municipality's area in rural areas
Centre – periphery	4	Average distance to highway, km
	5	Number of work places relative to number of employed in 2004
	6	Average distance to areas with large surplus of work places in 2004, km
Importance of agriculture	7	Share of employed in agriculture relative to number of employed in 2004
Development	8	Development in employment 1994–2004 relative to number of employed in 1994
	9	Population growth 1994–2004 relative to population in 1994
Demography	10	Share of population aged between 17 and 64 in 2004
	11	Share of population aged between 25 and 44 in 2004
Educational level	12	Share of inhabitants with only primary school education of all educated
	13	Share of inhabitants with at least college education of all educated
Economy	14	Tax eligible income per inhabitant (DKK 1000)

Table 2. Sub-sectors in the Danish food economy, sum of all municipalities, 2000–2005.

Sub-sector	No. of work places	No. of work years	Turnover (DKK 1.000)
Agriculture	−7.570	−1.562	12.799.966
Small-scale food processing industry	−104	−580	−1.148.871
Supermarkets	19	1.309	7.680.666
Specialty shops	−18	−34	1.174.432
Restaurants and catering	119	648	1.450.645
Food sector total	−8.542	−10.916	63.855.407

Table 3. Development of the food sector in different classes of municipalities from 2000 to 2005.

Municipal scale	Work places, 2000–2005	Work years, 2000–2005	Turnover (DKK 1.000)
Peripheral municipalities	−2.092	−1.366	10.874.779
Rural municipalities	−4.317	−2.304	23.572.309
Intermediate municipalities	−1.521	−2.651	25.021.550
Urban municipalities	−612	−4.595	4.386.769
All municipalities	−8.542	−10.916	63.855.407

Table 4. Development of small-scale food processing industry in different classes of municipalities from 2000 to 2005.

Municipal scale	Work places, 2000–2005	Work years, 2000–2005	Turnover (DKK 1.000)
Peripheral municipalities	−30	−54	−636.205
Rural municipalities	−50	−228	−1.335.774
Intermediate municipalities	−8	20	501.055
Urban municipalities	−16	−318	322.053
All municipalities	−104	−580	−1.148.871

Table 5. Development of supermarkets in different classes of municipalities from 2000 to 2005.

Municipal scale	Work places, 2000–2005	Work years, 2000–2005	Turnover (DKK 1.000)
Peripheral municipalities	−58	362	1.570.247
Rural municipalities	−55	594	2.456.883
Intermediate municipalities	24	3	982.944
Urban municipalities	108	350	2.670.592
All municipalities	19	1.309	7.680.666

Figure 3.  Projects on Læsø related to salt extraction.

Table 6. Food sector totals, Læsø, 2000–2005.

Indicator	Development 2000–2005
Turnover (DKK 1.000)	+163.691
Number of work years	+30
Number of work places	−16

Manniche J , Kjeldsen C. 2009 . Trends in the spatial organisation of Danish food chains . Paper presented at: The XXIII European Society For Rural Sociology Congress “Reinventing the rural: Between the social and the natural,” 17–21 August 2009 . Vasaa , Finland .

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