Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa
This book investigates food security and the implications of hyper-urbanisation and rapid growth of urban populations in Africa. By means of a series of case studies involving African cities of various sizes, it argues that, while the concept of food secu
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Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa
Jonathan Crush Jane Battersby •
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Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa
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Editors Jonathan Crush International Migration Research Centre Balsillie School of International Affairs Waterloo, ON Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-43566-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43567-1
Jane Battersby African Centre for Cities University of Cape Town Rondebosch, Cape Town South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-43567-1
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Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for its financial support of the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) through the International Partnership for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) Program. We also acknowledge the support of a publication grant from the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
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Contents
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The Making of Urban Food Deserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Battersby and Jonathan Crush
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The Mythology of Urban Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Frayne, Cameron McCordic and Helena Shilomboleni
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The Spatial Logic of Supermarket Expansion and Food Access . . . Jane Battersby and Stephen Peyton
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Food Access and Insecurity in a Supermarket City . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Caesar and Jonathan Crush
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Rapid Economic Growth and Urban Food Insecurity . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Acquah, Stephen Kapunda and Alexander Legwegoh
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Food Insecurity, Poverty and Informality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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