Impact Initiative - Urban/Rural: Recent submissions
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The Effects of the Universal Metering Programme on Water Consumption, Welfare and Equity
(Oxford University Press, 2019)There is consensus that meters are necessary for the promotion of efficient water usage. However, available evidence on the benefits and costs of metering is scant, and often based on small samples. We use data from the ... -
Water Tariffs and Consumers' Inaction
(University of Southampton, 2018)We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South-East of England in conjunction with an universal metering programme. We document how inertia leads customers ... -
Impact of Occupation and Family Burden on Psychological Adjustment in Returning Migrants
(Global Clinical and Translational Research, 2020)Recently, increasing returning migrants in China accompany the massive rural-urban migration, but little information on mental health is available. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2,100 households from seven ... -
How Food Secure are South Africa’s Cities?
(Springer, Cham, 2019)Food insecurity in South Africa remains a persistent challenge. Traditionally, food insecurity has been seen as affecting rural areas only, and this perspective had previously informed, and is still informing, policy and ... -
The Planned 'City-region' in the New Urban Agenda: An Appropriate Framing for Urban Food Security?
(Liverpool University Press, 2019)The New Urban Agenda (NUA) sets out a new role for towns and cities across the world, and acknowledges nutritious and adequate food (i.e. urban food security) as an important component of sustainable urban development. In ... -
Incorporating Food Into Urban Planning: A Toolkit for Planning Educators in Africa
(University of Cape Town, 2019)The focus of this toolkit is on why it is critical for planners in Africa to think about food issues, and more specifically, how to equip them to do this as a planning educator. This toolkit was designed to help planners ... -
Causes of Urbanisation and Counter-urbanisation in Zambia: Natural Population Increase or Migration?
(SAGE Journals/Urban Studies Journal Limited, 2018)This article addresses the debate over the causes of urbanisation and counter-urbanisation in Zambia: Are urbanisation and counter-urbanisation caused mostly by net migration or are they caused mostly by the natural growth ... -
"Measurement Drives Diagnosis and Response": Gaps in Transferring Food Security Assessment to the Urban Scale
(Published by Elsevier Ltd., 2018)The understanding of food security has seen major shifts since the original conceptualisations of the challenge. These changes in understanding have been accompanied by different food security measurement approaches. Despite ... -
Enhancing Food Security Through Urban Infrastructure and Services
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This policy brief is informed by the findings of the ESRC-DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty project (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”). Work in Kisumu, Kenya, ... -
Food Security in Kisumu: A Call for Greater Engagement in the Urban Food System
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This project briefing note is informed by the findings of the ESRC-DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty project (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”). Work in Kisumu ... -
The Characteristics, Extent and Drivers of Urban Food Poverty in Kisumu, Kenya
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)Kisumu – Kenya’s third-largest city – experiences a very high level of food insecurity that is directly linked to poverty. Given the precarious employment status of many in Kisumu, and the high levels of food insecurity, ... -
Improving Urban Food Security through Developing Infrastructure and Services
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This policy brief is informed by the findings of the ESRC-DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty Project (CUP) (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”) on work carried out ... -
Identifying Civil Society's Role in Addressing Poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This policy brief is informed by the findings of the ESRC-DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty Project (CUP) (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”) on work carried out ... -
Addressing Food Security in African Cities
(Springer Nature Limited, 2018)In sub-Saharan Africa, the food system impacts on a number of urban development issues such as poverty, unemployment and poor health. Informal traders meet the food needs of many poor urban households. However, supermarket ... -
Development Interventions to Address Multi-Dimensional Poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This policy brief is informed by the findings of the ESRC-DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty Project (CUP) (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”) on work carried out ... -
Improving Urban Food Security in African cities: Critically Assessing the Role of Informal Retailers
(London, UCL Press; Rome, FAO, 2018)There is a growing realisation that the issue of food security, for a long time a primarily rural concern, needs to become a focus of urban policy and planning. It is usually assumed that solutions to urban ... -
Urban Market Governance in Kitwe, Zambia
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)This policy brief is informed by the findings of the ESRC- DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty Project (CUP) (formally called “Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa”) on work carried ... -
Informal Food Retail and Food Security in Africa: Myths and Facts
(African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, 2018)For over 10 years, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town has focused on urban food security. This research has consistently shown the importance of the informal economy in the urban food system, ... -
Can Cities from the Global South be the Drivers of Sustainable Food Systems?
(CABI International, 2018)Urbanization has been associated with significant transformations in our society, with paramount influence in agriculture and the world food industry, and subsequently in consumers' diets. Arguably, the current food ... -
Consuming Urban Poverty Field Report No.1 Food Systems Description - Kisumu
(University of Cape Town, 2018)This report is based on the fieldwork undertaken in Kisumu in May 2016. The report feeds into the overall Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) study that aims at exploring food systems in secondary cities and determine how these ...
