The scope and scale of the informal food economy of South African urban residential townships : results of a small-area micro-enterprise census
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- Date
- 2018-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 1-23
- Keywords
- Food security, Informal economy, Informal settlement, National Library of South Africa, YES, NX@, P14015, PO Bx 937, Pretoria 0001, docdel@nlsa.ac.za, 2022/03/04, 2022/03/06, Micro-enterprise, Urban residential townships
- Author(s)
- Charman, A.J.E., Petersen, L.M.
- Publication Title
- Development Southern Africa
- Volume
- 35
- ISSN
- Africa : South Africa
- Description
- Discusses the findings of an eight-township small-area census which occurred between 2010 and 2013 in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Durban townships representing 250 000 residents. Builds on the knowledge base of the township informal economy role in bolstering food security needs for the marginalised.
- Subject
- CIVIL RIGHTS