Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities

Taylor & Francis

Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African CitiesAuthor(s): Bruce Frayne, Caroline Moser, Gina Ziervogel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781849714181, 978-1849714181\nSynopsis\nThere 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. \n\nThe authors explore the urban climate change nexus linking a.