Vulnerability in crisis: Urban household food insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe

Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-520

  Tawodzera, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Urban food security; Urban livelihoods; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 82955233175     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-011-0152-1     Document Type: Article

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