Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities

Bruce Frayne, Caroline Moser, Gina Ziervogel, Bruce Frayne, Caroline Moser, Gina Ziervogel

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136502026
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

There is overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. It is the poorest countries and people who are the most vulnerable to this threat and who will suffer the most. This book shows how increasing urbanization and growing poverty levels mean that it is imperative to ask how climate change might impact on asset accumulation and food security for the urban poor. It demonstrates how these three, often separate foci, can be brought together to frame a holistic urban adaptation approach. Furthermore, although much has been written about climate change, limited evidence exists in southern Africa of how climate change has been integrated in urban planning.

The authors explore the urban climate change nexus linking asset adaptation, climate change science and food security through several case study cities. These include Cape Town, George and Khara Hais (South Africa), Lusaka (Zambia), Maputo (Mozambique), Mombasa (Kenya) and Harare (Zimbabwe). The results shed light on how this nexus might be explored from different perspectives, both theoretical and practical, in order to plan for a more resilient future.

Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities comprises ten chapters which focus on southern African cities, with each chapter written by highly experienced academics, research-focused practitioners and professional planners. Although the book concentrates on southern African cities, the insights which are presented can be used to understand other urban centres in low and middle-income countries outside of this region and around the world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Understanding the Terrain: The Climate Change, Assets and Food Security Nexus in Southern African Cities
• 2. Urban Food Security And Climate Change: A System of Flows
• 3. Urban Household Vulnerability to Food Security and Climate Change: Experiences From Urban Areas of Zimbabwe
• 4. Mobility And Migration: The Missing Link in Climate Change and Asset Adaptation
• 5. Impacts of Climate Change on Migration and Food Security in Maputo, Mozambique
• 6. Asset Adaptation And Urban Food Security In A Changing Climate: A Case Study of Kalingalinga and Linda Compounds in Lusaka, Zambia
• 7. The Ithemba Farmers’ Story Of Climate And Food Security Adaptation In Cape Town, South Africa: Housing Versus Food?
• 8. Climate Change and Food Insecurity in Mombasa: Institutional and Policy Gaps
• 9. A Spatial Planning Perspective On Climate Change, Asset Adaptation And Food Security: The Case of Two South African Cities
• 10. Constructing the Climate Change–Asset Adaptation–Food Security Nexus for Pro-Poor Urban Development
• Index