Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849714185 ISBN 13 : 9781849714181

Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bruce Frayne is Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Development Practice (MDP) program in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo, Canada

Caroline Moser is Professor of Urban Development and Director of the Global Urban Research Centre (GURC), School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK, and Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA

Gina Ziervogel is a Lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849714185
• ISBN 13: 9781849714181
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Éditeur: Frayne Bruce, Moser Caroline, Ziervogel Gina
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible