Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods

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dc.contributor.advisorSeegers, Annetteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, Jonathan Aen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-25T07:19:25Z
dc.date.available2015-09-25T07:19:25Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAnthony, J. A. (2013). <i>Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAnthony, Jonathan A. <i>"Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAnthony, J. 2013. Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Anthony, Jonathan A AB - 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. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods TI - Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAnthony JA. Food insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoods. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14081en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPolitical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleFood insecurity in Cape Town: how inadequate access affects human health and livelihoodsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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