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dc.contributor.editorRiley, Liam
dc.contributor.editorCrush, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T14:21:02Z
dc.date.available2022-11-18T14:21:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifierONIX_20221118_9783030930721_52
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59384
dc.description.abstractCountries 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 in the context of rapid urbanization is arguably the critical development issue of the 21st Century and creating food secure cities is key to promoting health, prosperity, equity, and ecological sustainability. The expansion of Africa’s urban population is taking place largely in secondary cities: these are broadly defined as cities with fewer than half a million people that are not national political or economic centres. The implications of secondary urbanization have recently been described by the Cities Alliance as “a real knowledge gap”, requiring much additional research not least because it poses new intellectual challenges for academic researchers and governance challenges for policy-makers. International researchers coming from multiple points of view including food studies, urban studies, and sustainability studies, are starting to heed the call for further research into the implications for food security of rapidly growing secondary cities in Africa. This book will combine this research and feature comparable case studies, intersecting trends, and shed light on broad concepts including governance, sustainability, health, economic development, and inclusivity. This is an open access book.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administrationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policiesen_US
dc.subject.otherurban food systems
dc.subject.otherfood security
dc.subject.otherurban food systems in Africa
dc.subject.othersustainable food systems
dc.subject.otherurban development
dc.subject.otherco-productive urban planning
dc.subject.otherfood system governance
dc.subject.otherAfrican secondary cities
dc.subject.otherurban livelihoods
dc.subject.othersustainable cities
dc.subject.otherAfrican Secondary City Food Systems
dc.subject.otherfood governance
dc.subject.otherfood insecurity
dc.titleTransforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-93072-1
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.relation.isbn9783030930721
oapen.imprintPalgrave Macmillan
oapen.pages402
oapen.place.publicationCham


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