Development planning for urban food and nutrition security: The need for ‘food sensitive’ planning in the City of Cape Town (CoCT)
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2021
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Abstract
Food security along with poverty is often framed as a rural challenge requiring
interventions on agricultural production to ensure that food is available for the
country‟s households. This framing effectively neglects urban food and nutrition
security and thus exonerates municipalities from following up on their responsibilities
as enshrined in RSA constitution. With over 30% of South Africa‟s severely hungry
population residing in the City of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni it is
surprising to see that municipalities are yet to include „food-sensitive‟ policies in their
development planning. The study‟s focus on urban planning, food policy governance
and urban food systems importantly makes the case for distinct urban planning by
municipalities, which will efficiently enable local authorities to better regulate and
govern food systems within metropolitan areas. Thus, ensuring that food is not just
available, but is also accessible to all people and is of adequate nutritional value.
This study investigates and explores urban food security strategies like Urban
Agriculture, which are excised by City of Cape Town urban planners to deal with the
developmental challenge of urban food and nutrition insecurity. With the use of
comprehensive desktop research on CoCT food related policies, this research is
able to ascertain how food and nutrition of urban dwellers is understood and thus
championed by development planners in the City.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)
Keywords
Urban food and nutrition security, Urban planning, Food-sensitive planning, Local government, Land use management, Urban agriculture