Africa's Urban Food Deserts

Urban Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Battersby, Jane ^a   Crush, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

African urbanisation; Food deserts; Food insecurity; Informal food economy; Poverty; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899934528     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-014-9225-5     Document Type: Article

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