Transforming urban food systems in secondary cities in Africa. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan Crush, Liam Riley.
• Editors: Crush, Jonathan, 1953-; Riley, Liam
• Contents: 1. Introduction: African Secondary City Food Systems in Context.- Part 1: Food System Actors, Concepts and Governance.- 2. Understanding Secondary City Typologies: A Food Governance Lens.- 3. Practice Theory and Informal Urban Livelihoods in M'Bour, Senegal: A Case Study of Urban Cultivation.- 4. Co-Productive Urban Planning: Protecting and Expanding Food Security in Uganda's Secondary Cities.- 5. The Role of the Informal Sector in Epworth's Food System, Zimbabwe.- 6. The Enabling Environment for Informal Food Traders in Nigeria's Secondary Cities.- 7. Secondary Cities and Urban Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Part 2: Food Security, Poverty & Livelihoods.- 8. Spatial Characteristics of Urban Food Systems and Food Retailers in Smaller Urban Areas.- 9. Food Insecurity, Food Sourcing and Food Coping Strategies in the O-O-O Urban Corridor, Namibia.- 10. Analysing Diet Composition and Food Insecurity by Socio-Economic Status in Secondary African Cities.- 11. Household Dietary Patterns and Food Security Challenges in Peri-Urban South Africa: A Reflection of High Unemployment in the Wake of Rising Food Prices.- 12. 'We eat everyday but I'm perpetually hungry': Interrogating Food System Transformation and (Forced) Dietary Changes in Tamale, Ghana.- 13. Understanding Food Security and Hunger in Xai-Xai, Mozambique.- Part 3: Environments, Linkages and Mobilities.- 14. Hunger in an Agricultural City: Exploring Vulnerability in Dschang, Cameroon.- 15. Non-Timber Forest Products in Cameroon's Food System and the Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Dschang.- 16. Accessibility of Sanitary Facilities Among Food Sellers in African Secondary Cities: Implications for Food Safety and Urban Planning Policies.- 17. Migrant Remittances and Household Food Security in Mzuzu, Malawi.- 18. Rural-Urban Migrants in Mzuzu's Informal Food Trading System.- 19. Rent as Ransom: Lodging and Food Security in Gweru, Zimbabwe.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 338.196; Food security -- Africa; Urbanization -- Africa
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030930721
• Related ISBNs: 9783030930714
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