Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry: Transcending poverty alleviation to climate change mitigation and adaptation

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dc.contributor.authorLwasa, Shuaib
dc.contributor.authorMugagga, Frank
dc.contributor.authorWahab, Bolanle
dc.contributor.authorSimon, David
dc.contributor.authorConnors, John
dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Corrie
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-27T10:53:40Z
dc.date.available2022-11-27T10:53:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractA range of published and grey literature over the last three decades has underlined the importance of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry (UPAF) in cities of developing regions. The focus in the published literature is on livelihoods, poverty reduction and ecosystems services at multiple city scales. Cities of developing regions, particularly in Africa, are searching for ways of addressing the unavoidable impacts of climate change and UPAF has demonstrated scalable adaptation and mitigation potential. However, evidence of UPAF’s role in mitigating and adaptation to climate change is scattered in various reports and has not been synthesized for its potential role in developing urban adaptation strategies. Building on the earlier poverty reduction focus of UPAF research, this paper contributes to UPAF knowledge regarding mitigating and adapting to climate change in urban and peri-urban areas in East and West Africa. The paper reports a synthesis based on a systematic review of the available literature on these regions, and selected sources on other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The paper also examines the extent to which literature conveys any evidence for UPAF playing a role in mediating the effects of climate/environmental change. Limited empirical verification was undertaken in Kampala and Ibadan, but this does not form the basis for systematic generalization. The key emerging areas of adaptation and mitigation include enhanced food security, productive greening, ecosystem services and innovative policy for urban resilience and transformation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLwasa, S., Mugagga, F., Wahab, B., Simon, D., Connors, J., & Griffith, C. (2014). Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry: Transcending poverty alleviation to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Urban Climate, 7, 92-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5459
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUrban Climateen_US
dc.subjectUrban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectUrban forestryen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectMitigationen_US
dc.subjectUrban Africaen_US
dc.titleUrban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry: Transcending poverty alleviation to climate change mitigation and adaptationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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