African Cities and the Water-Food-Climate-Energy Nexus: an Agenda for Sustainability and Resilience at a Local Level

Urban Forum

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 391-404

  Chirisa, Innocent ^a   Bandauko, Elmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Drought; Flooding; Food production; Urban policy; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOODING; FOOD PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

BULAWAYO [BULAWAYO (PRV)]; BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; CAPE TOWN; DAR ES SALAAM [DAR ES SALAAM (RGA)]; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; EGYPT; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; WESTERN CAPE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84946897536     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-015-9256-6     Document Type: Article

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