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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| description | 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 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-939312025-08-13T13:41:33Z Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa Riley, Liam Crush, Jonathan urban food systems food security urban food systems in Africa sustainable food systems urban development co-productive urban planning food system governance African secondary cities urban livelihoods sustainable cities African Secondary City Food Systems food governance food insecurity thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies 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 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. 2022-11-19T04:01:57Z 2022-11-19T04:01:57Z 2022-11-18T14:21:02Z 2023 book ONIX_20221118_9783030930721_52 OCN: 1350540359 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59384 9783030930721 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93931 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59384/1/978-3-030-93072-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59384/1/978-3-030-93072-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/59384/1/978-3-030-93072-1.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-93072-1 10.1007/978-3-030-93072-1 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a 9783030930721 Palgrave Macmillan 402 Cham open access |
| spellingShingle | urban food systems food security urban food systems in Africa sustainable food systems urban development co-productive urban planning food system governance African secondary cities urban livelihoods sustainable cities African Secondary City Food Systems food governance food insecurity thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa |
| title | Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa |
| title_full | Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa |
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| topic | urban food systems food security urban food systems in Africa sustainable food systems urban development co-productive urban planning food system governance African secondary cities urban livelihoods sustainable cities African Secondary City Food Systems food governance food insecurity thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies |
| topic_facet | urban food systems food security urban food systems in Africa sustainable food systems urban development co-productive urban planning food system governance African secondary cities urban livelihoods sustainable cities African Secondary City Food Systems food governance food insecurity thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies |
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