Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa
Countries across Africa are rapidly transitioning from rural to urban societies. The UN projects that 60% of people living in Africa will be in urban areas by 2050, with the urban population on the continent tripling over the next 50 years. The challenge of building inclusive and sustainable cities...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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Table of 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. .