Based on a survey of 1,210 households in Nanjing, China, the article looks at purchasing frequency various food items different retail outlets, accessibility these outlets and use sources. We found that while supermarkets are top venues for staple grains, dairy products processed food, wet markets still prevail fresh produce meat. The data also depict complexity sources beyond conventional retailing outlets. recommend Chinese security policies be broadened to incorporate urban environment...

Recent conceptualizations of ‘food deserts’ have expanded from a sole focus on access to supermarkets, food retail outlets, all household sources. Each iteration the urban desert concept has associated this kind sourcing behavior poverty, insecurity, and dietary diversity characteristics. While term continues evolve, there been little empirical evidence test whether these assumed associations hold in cities Global South. This paper empirically tests premises three iterations using survey...

Purpose Climate hazards in the form of cyclones are projected to become more intense under pressures future climate change. These changes represent a growing hazard low lying coastal cities like Beira, Mozambique. In 2019, Beira experienced devastating impact Cyclone Idai. One many impacts resulting from this was disrupted drinking water access. This investigation explores distribution Idai’s on access via an environmental justice lens, exploring how preexisting characteristics may have...

Abstract Small island economies are highly dependent on food imports. Self‐sufficiency through localization is therefore often advocated. Can a small Caribbean nation localize its system? To answer this question, we conducted socio‐metabolic research four nations: Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, and Jamaica. Derived indicators from diachronic biomass flow accounting 1961 to 2019 suggest declining trend in local production for all cases. While Barbados Jamaica decline already began the 1960s,...

Climate-related disaster impacts within secondary cities of the Global South can severely constrain household access to basic resources and services in those cities. The loss consistent these subsequently increase vulnerability further climate impacts. There is limited research exploring relationships between observed how losses compound In March 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall Beira, Mozambique, resulted one deadliest weather-related disasters Southern Africa. This investigation compared...

COVID-19 has caused significant disruptions regarding the extent to which households can access basic services and resources in cities around world. Previous studies have indicated a predictive relationship between consistency of resource food among urban households. These investigations, however, predominantly been isolated Southern Africa not accounted for other dimensions security. To test whether these results are observable outside Africa, with more multidimensional measure security,...

Lesotho is facing continued and widespread food insecurity. In spite of a rapidly growing urban population, security interventions paradigms have primarily focused on bolstering production within the country. This paper assesses extent to which household engagement in agriculture Maseru associated with improved security. Using survey data, argues that there no consistent statistically-significant relationship between practice among households. Furthermore, some practices were only...

The rapid growth of Maputo and Matola (neighbouring cities in Mozambique) has dramatically shifted the vulnerability profiles these cities. Poor neighbourhoods across two may now face prospect becoming food deserts. Scholars have defined African urban deserts by co-occurrence poverty insecurity. This study aims to assess assumed relationship between resource insecurity desert concept contribution household demographics this relationship. Using survey data collected 2014 Matola, investigation...

Abstract Volatile food prices represent a common hazard to the security of poor urban households. In trying understand impact this hazard, income poverty is widely accepted as principal predictive variable. But could other variables be important in understanding household vulnerability price shocks? This analysis uses survey data collected from 11 cities Southern Africa by African Food Security Urban Network during 2008 crisis. As expected, show that significant predictor negative rising on...

Comparisons between the informal business operations of South Africans and international migrants are increasingly common. The conventional wisdom is that survivalist being displaced by entrepreneurial with a long tradition enterprise. This paper first attempt to explicitly compare enterprises established refugees African in urban areas. based on comparative analysis over 2,000 refugee enterprises. stereotyping public discourse as undermining destroying competitors far-removed from reality....

Gender-based structural inequalities in Southern African cities continue to drive poverty and food insecurity spite of decades development efforts raise the social, economic, political status women relative men. A 2014 survey household security Maputo found that female headship is closely associated with insecurity. This article assesses role employment education explaining this phenomenon city Maputo. Using data, investigation defines extent which relationship between sex head appears be...

The case-study literature on refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa is dominated by an overwhelming focus the problems they face their marginalised existence, reinforcing image of victimhood, exploitation vulnerability. In this paper, we seek to broaden economic impacts beyond a narrow marginal status vulnerable position. They are viewed here as dynamic agents with skills capabilities who can play integral role transforming local settings contributing development. This paper presents...

While the literature on food deserts focuses limited availability of in urban settings, ‘food swamps’ may better characterize extensive prevalence and accessibility cheap, highly processed foods. For populations, access to nutritionally inadequate poor-quality has dire developmental consequences. The long-wave impacts malnutrition at gestational early childhood stages are negative can be non-reversible. Moreover, those who survive into adulthood face a lifetime sub-optimal physical mental...

Abstract The study of urban food security has evolved dramatically over the past few decades. This evolution been punctuated, and catalyzed, by insights into dynamic transformation systems in cities. this field, as revealed its scholarly writings, provides an important vantage point for understanding both system well lens through which that understood. investigation adopted a bibliometric methodology, blending quantitative qualitative analytical techniques, to assess literature time....

Background: It has been theorised that there are a network of relationships linking the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), whereby achieving one SDG may have spillover effects for other SDGs. This discussion is relevant to multidimensional stressors experienced by poor urban households in Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: We evaluate whether variations gender household head (SDG 5), education level 4) or wages 8) predictive food security 2) among over 6000 surveyed eleven cities Southern These...

This study compares estimates of household food insecurity between men and women living within the same (n = 866) to assess whether there is a gender bias in reporting. The main research question is, do scores prevalence categories differ male female spouses households sample? Findings indicate that men's were lower on average at 3.49, than women's 5.06. There also statistically significant decrease when compared women's. Overall, these findings reliability household-level measures rely...