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Climate change and food security : Africa and the Caribbean / / edited by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
| Climate change and food security : Africa and the Caribbean / / edited by Elizabeth Thomas-Hope |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.1967 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Thomas-HopeElizabeth M |
| Collana | Routledge advances in climate change research |
| Soggetto topico |
Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food security - Caribbean Area Food industry and trade - Africa, Sub-Saharan Food industry and trade - Caribbean Area Climatic changes - Social aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan Climatic changes - Social aspects - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-46973-1
1-315-46971-5 1-315-46972-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope -- Introduction: The interface of climate change and food security / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope -- ; Part I: Trends in climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean -- Trends in climate change in Africa / Walter Leal Filho, Isaac Kow Tetteh, Haruna Moda Musa -- Climate change and the Caribbean: trends and implications / Michael A. Taylor, Jhordanne J. Jones and Tannecia S. Stephenson -- ; Part II: Rural livelihoods and adaptive responses to climate change -- Assessing the vulnerability of Caribbean farmers to climate change impacts: a comparative study of cocoa farmers in Jamaica and Trinidad / Kevon Rhiney, Anton Eitzinger, Aidan Farrell, Michael Taylor -- Liquid gold or poverty in a cup? The vulnerability of Blue Mountain and High Mountain coffee farmers in Jamaica to the effects of climate change / Anne-Teresa Birthwright -- Climate change adaptations by smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria to enhance food security / Adamu Idris Tanko -- Small-holder adaptations to climate change: dynamics, constraints and priorities of coastal Guyana / Linda Johnson-Bhola -- Perceptions of changing climatic conditions in rural Kano, Nigeria: effects on harvests and farmers' adaptive coping strategies / Halima Abdulkadir Idris -- Perceptions and attitudes towards climate change: strategies for food security among female farmers in rural Jamaica / Ayesha Constable -- Flirting with food security: resilience in the face of conflict, climate change and communicable diseases in rural Sierra Leone / Jerram Bateman, Tony Binns, Etienne Nel -- ; Part III: Urban food systems and governance in the context of climate change -- Climate change, food and the city: agency and urban scale food system networks / Gareth Haysom -- Urban food deserts in Cape Town: food security, food access and climate change / Mary Caesar, Jonathan Crush -- Food insecurity in the context of climate change in Maputo City, Mozambique: challenges and coping strategies / Inês M. Raimundo -- ; Part IV: Strengthening resilience for enhancing food security in the context of climate change -- Global biomass rush: land grabbing, food security and socio-political stability of Sub-Saharan Africa / Akunne Okoli -- Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a climate change adaptation strategy in Burkina Faso and Mali / Kennedy Muthee, Cheikh Mbow, Geoffrey Macharia, Walter Leal Filho -- Micro-insurance in disaster risk reduction: a strategy for enhancing domestic food security in CARICOM countries / Balfour Spence. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155122303321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities - (Open Access) / / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson
| Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities - (Open Access) / / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson |
| Edizione | [1st edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 338.1967 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in food, society and the environment |
| Soggetto topico |
Food security - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food supply - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan Poverty - Africa, Sub-Saharan Urbanization - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN |
1-351-75134-4
1-315-19119-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword by --Carole Rakodi -- Introduction -- PART I: URBANIZATION, POVERTY, FOOD AND MEASUREMENT -- 1. African urbanization and poverty --Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- --2. Rural bias and urban food security -- Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- --3. Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization --Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- --4. Understanding and addressing poverty, labour force and urbanization data gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa --Jackie Borel-Saladin, Muna Shifa and Ann Donald -- --PART II: URBAN FOOD GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING -- --5. Historical Urban Food Governance in Africa: The Case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 --James Duminy -- --6. Urban food governance and planning in Africa --Warren Smit -- --7. Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities --Caroline Skinner -- 8. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kisumu, Kenya --Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- --9. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space -- Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- --10. Governance of Food Systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe -- Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- --11. Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe -- Percy Toriro -- --PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS -- --12. Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: Environmental and Social Hotspots --Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- --13. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya --Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- --14. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: A focus on the retail sector --Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- --15. The characteristics of the urban food system in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera, Easther Chigumira, Idah Mbengo and Samuel Kusangaya -- --PART IV: THE STATE OF URBAN FOOD POVERTY AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE FOOD SYSTEM -- --16. Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya --George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- --17. Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia --Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- --18. Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910282226203321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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