Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities

• Main Authors: Battersby, Jane, Watson, Vanessa
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York, NY Routledge : Earthscan from Routledge 2018; Taylor & Francis
• Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
• Subjects: Africa; Central / national / federal government; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Food security; Food security > Africa, Sub-Saharan; Food supply; Food supply > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan; Government policy; JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society; Kenya; Kisumu; Kitwe; Politics and government; Poverty; Poverty > Africa, Sub-Saharan; Regional and area planning; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Urban and municipal planning and policy; Urbanization; Urbanization > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• ISBN: 0367587564; 9780367587567; 1315191199; 1138726753; 9781138726758; 9781315191195

This book presents the findings of an international collaborative research project that aimed to improve our understanding of the connections between urban poverty, food systems, household food security and governance, by focusing on three secondary cities in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa.