Database research record2021·Africa
The Transforming City: Exploring the Potential for Smart Cities and Urban Agriculture in Africa
Gerelene Jagganath
The Oriental Anthropologist A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man
Urban Farm DB summary
Against a backdrop of rising poverty and food insecurity in African cities, this paper offers an overview of urban agriculture's evolving presence in two smart cities, Cape Town, South Africa, and Arusha, Tanzania. The first part sets out conceptual background on smart cities and urban agriculture in the African context, and the second provides an overview of the smart-city development of Cape Town and Arusha specifically.