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Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities

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Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities Synopsis

As Africa urbanises and the focus of poverty shifts to urban centres, there is an imperative to address poverty in African cities. This is particularly the case in smaller cities, which are often the most rapidly urbanising, but the least able to cope with this growth. This book argues that an examination of the food system and food security provides a valuable lens to interrogate urban poverty. Chapters examine the linkages between poverty, urban food systems and local governance with a focus on case studies from three smaller or secondary cities in Africa: Kisumu (Kenya), Kitwe (Zambia) and Epworth (Zimbabwe). The book makes a wider contribution to debates on urban studies and urban governance in Africa through analysis of the causes and consequences of the paucity of urban-scale data for decision makers, and by presenting potential methodological innovations to address this paucity. As the global development agenda is increasingly focusing on urban issues, most notably the urban goal of the new Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, the work is timely. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315191195, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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ISBN: 9780367587567
Publication date: 30th June 2020
Author: Jane Battersby
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 268 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Genres: Development and environmental geography
Development studies
Food security and supply
Urban and municipal planning and policy
Human geography
Environmental science, engineering and technology