Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson.
| Other author | Battersby, Jane, 1975- |
| Other author | Watson, Vanessa. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019. |
| Description | xix, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in food, society and the environment Routledge studies in food, society and environment. ^A1258942 |
| Contents | Part I: Urbanization, poverty, food and measurement -- African urbanization and poverty / Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- Rural bias and urban food security / Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization / Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- Understanding and addressing poverty, labour force and urbanization data gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa / Jackie Borel-Saladin, Muna Shifa and Ann Donald -- Part II: Urban food governance and planning -- Historical urban food governance in Africa: the case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 / James Duminy -- Urban food governance and planning in Africa / Warren Smit -- Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities / Caroline Skinner -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kisumu, Kenya / Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space / Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- Governance of food systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe / Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe / Percy Toriro -- Part III: Understanding the urban food systems -- Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: environmental and social hotspots / Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya / Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: a focus on the retail sector / Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Epworth, Zimbabwe / Godfrey Tawodzera, Easther Chigumira, Idah Mbengo and Samuel Kusangaya -- Part IV: The state of urban food poverty and its connections to the food system -- Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya / George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia / Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe / Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018010500 |
| ISBN | 9781138726758 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781315191195 (ebook) |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |