Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 68 Seiten)
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Edition:
Culture and Environment in Africa Series 13.pdf
Series Statement:
Culture and Environment in Africa Series Issue 13
Keywords:
Namibia Urbanisation
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Stadtforschung, ethnologische
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Landwirtschaft
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Aridität
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Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
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Ökologie
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Demographie
Abstract:
This study focuses on one small but rapidly urbanizing city in arid northwest Namibia, where urban and peri-urban crop cultivation has been expanding in recent decades, yet the reasons behind this development are unclear. This thesis aims to identify the factors that are driving this change through three analytical lenses: demographic, socio-economic, and environmental. To achieve this, an understanding of the local food system was established both from the consumption and production side. A market survey was conducted, and farmer and agency interviews were carried out during a six-week research period on site in Opuwo, Namibia. The main drivers for crop expansion that emerged from this study include: environmental stressors, population pressure and urban migration; economic savings and dietary supplement; and supporting the informal social safety net. This paper discusses how these closely interconnected and complex factors work to influence the growth of cultivation in this water scarce landscape. (Verlagsangaben)
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 54-60
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Masterarbeit, Köln, Universität zu Köln, 2018
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