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Rapid urbanisation, urban food deserts and food security in Africa / Jonathan Crush, Jane Battersby, editors.
Lippincott Library HD9017.A2 R36 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food security--Africa.
- Food security.
- Urbanization--Africa.
- Urbanization.
- Africa.
- Cities and towns--Africa.
- Cities and towns.
- Human geography--Africa.
- Human geography.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 190 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Rapid urbanization, urban food deserts and food security in Africa
- Place of Publication:
- [Cham] Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
- Contents:
- The making of urban food deserts
- The mythology of urban agriculture
- The spatial logic of supermarket expansion and food access
- Food access and insecurity in a supermarket city
- Rapid economic growth and urban food insecurity
- Food insecurity, poverty and informality
- Food insecurity in a state in crisis
- Poverty and uneven food security in urban slums
- Gender, mobility and food security
- Migration, rural-urban linkages and food insecurity
- Wild food consumption and urban food security
- Urban food insecurity and social protection
- Urban policy environments and urban food security.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783319435664
- 3319435663
- OCLC:
- 952788522
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