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Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods
Despite the increase in research on urban food insecurity, little has explicitly focused on spatial food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition amongst the urban poor in South Africa. Therefore, using a quantitative household data survey completed by the African Food Security Urban Network in 2...
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| author | Anthony, Jonathan A |
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| description | Despite the increase in research on urban food insecurity, little has explicitly focused on spatial food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition amongst the urban poor in South Africa. Therefore, using a quantitative household data survey completed by the African Food Security Urban Network in 2008, this study examines the relationship of spatial food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition in three areas of Cape Town's peri-urban areas: Ocean View, Philippi, and Khayelitsha. An analysis of the survey data yields significant relationships between supermarkets and dietary diversity, as well as a robust relationship between poor household food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition. This study examined the differences of dietary diversity between Ocean View, Philippi, and Khayelitsha. This research discovered that while Ocean View had the highest household dietary diversity scores, they were also the most vulnerable to fluctuations due to their lack of spatial access to supermarkets. This study is a departure point for future research on these critical aspects of urban food insecurity in South Africa. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/14081 Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods Anthony, Jonathan A Seegers, Annette Political Studies Despite the increase in research on urban food insecurity, little has explicitly focused on spatial food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition amongst the urban poor in South Africa. Therefore, using a quantitative household data survey completed by the African Food Security Urban Network in 2008, this study examines the relationship of spatial food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition in three areas of Cape Town's peri-urban areas: Ocean View, Philippi, and Khayelitsha. An analysis of the survey data yields significant relationships between supermarkets and dietary diversity, as well as a robust relationship between poor household food access and malnutrition and under-nutrition. This study examined the differences of dietary diversity between Ocean View, Philippi, and Khayelitsha. This research discovered that while Ocean View had the highest household dietary diversity scores, they were also the most vulnerable to fluctuations due to their lack of spatial access to supermarkets. This study is a departure point for future research on these critical aspects of urban food insecurity in South Africa. 2015-09-25T07:19:25Z 2015-09-25T07:19:25Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Political Studies Anthony, Jonathan A Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| title_full | Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| title_fullStr | Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| title_short | Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| title_sort | food insecurity in cape town how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods |
| topic | Political Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081 |
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