Urbanization and vulnerable urban groups in Gaborone/Botswana
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Botswana ; Food security ; Housing ; Land ; Living conditions ; Living standard ; Poverty ; Urbanization
This article examines two factors which are of major importance for urban poverty groups in Botswana: the costs the urban poor have to pay for housing, and the role assets like cattle and land play as safety elements in the urban livelihood system.
Metropolitan food systems in developing countries: the perspective of urban metabolism
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Food ; Food consumption ; Food security ; Social reproduction ; Third World ; Town ; Urban supply
The paper focuses on urban food metabolism, by using the concept of the food system which includes the sub-systems of production, supply, distribution and consumption of food.
Using project food aid to help alleviate urban poverty - Experience and issues
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
World Food Programme aid has been used in three main ways in urban areas: as free relief after disasters; as part of institutional feeding projects; and as support to urban renewal. The benefits have usually only been temporary. It has proved
difficult to design food aid interventions for the urban poor to overcome the causes of poverty in sustainable ways.
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Cairo ; Egypt ; Food ; Food security ; Household consumption ; Social organization ; Social reproduction ; Urban area ; Urban life ; Urban supply
The construction of urban space over the last 150 years is discussed, and attention is further given to more recent urban planning objectives. The paper takes up issues of space and social reproduction and traces them down to the microlevel od