Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl

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dc.contributor.advisorKatzschner, Taniaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRabkin, Nicola Nanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T12:15:55Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T12:15:55Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe field of urban planning engages with many aspects of human life, but urban food systems, especially food production, have somehow slipped the agenda. Food insecurity and food-related challenges have for a long time been viewed as rural issues related to environmental factors affecting food production. Now that, in 2013, more than half the world's human population lives in cities, food insecurity has become an urban issue just as much, if not more, than that of rural areas. At the same time industrial and conventional agricultural methods fail to satisfy global human hunger and contribute to large-scale ecological destruction and a variety of human health problems. In many cities around the world, local governments and planning departments, and the planning profession more broadly, have begun to think more deeply about urban food systems: can food systems be more just, more equal, more accessible, healthier and ecologically sustainable. The literature on urban agriculture generally follows two themes: one being urban agriculture as a livelihood and food security strategy for the poor and the other being as socio-ecological strategy to build community through enlivened, green public spaces. Global ecological and economic crises are slowly bringing these themes closer towards one another. Cape Town, in policy and practice, generally remains within the theme of urban agriculture as a food security strategy for the poor. This is a narrow and limited conception of urban agriculture that creates spatial and behavioral barriers to food production in the city. A case study of Cape Town's City Bowl presents an opportunity to engage planners, and ordinary citizens, with food and food systems through urban agricultural strategies. This study examines the constraining factors of urban food production and the potential that this unique urban centre holds for building a healthier food system for all inhabitants. These opportunities are, in this thesis, transformed into proposals for interventions, primarily involving local government and planning.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRabkin, N. N. (2013). <i>Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7518en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRabkin, Nicola Nan. <i>"Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7518en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRabkin, N. 2013. Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rabkin, Nicola Nan AB - The field of urban planning engages with many aspects of human life, but urban food systems, especially food production, have somehow slipped the agenda. Food insecurity and food-related challenges have for a long time been viewed as rural issues related to environmental factors affecting food production. Now that, in 2013, more than half the world's human population lives in cities, food insecurity has become an urban issue just as much, if not more, than that of rural areas. At the same time industrial and conventional agricultural methods fail to satisfy global human hunger and contribute to large-scale ecological destruction and a variety of human health problems. In many cities around the world, local governments and planning departments, and the planning profession more broadly, have begun to think more deeply about urban food systems: can food systems be more just, more equal, more accessible, healthier and ecologically sustainable. The literature on urban agriculture generally follows two themes: one being urban agriculture as a livelihood and food security strategy for the poor and the other being as socio-ecological strategy to build community through enlivened, green public spaces. Global ecological and economic crises are slowly bringing these themes closer towards one another. Cape Town, in policy and practice, generally remains within the theme of urban agriculture as a food security strategy for the poor. This is a narrow and limited conception of urban agriculture that creates spatial and behavioral barriers to food production in the city. A case study of Cape Town's City Bowl presents an opportunity to engage planners, and ordinary citizens, with food and food systems through urban agricultural strategies. This study examines the constraining factors of urban food production and the potential that this unique urban centre holds for building a healthier food system for all inhabitants. These opportunities are, in this thesis, transformed into proposals for interventions, primarily involving local government and planning. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl TI - Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7518 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7518
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRabkin NN. Food for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowl. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7518en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomaticsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleFood for the Future: Planning for Urban Agriculture In Cape Town's City Bowlen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMCRPen_ZA
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