Urbanization and food insecurity risks: assessing the role of human development
Urbanization and food insecurity risks: assessing the role of human development
The phenomenon of rapid urbanisation across the world has become a topic of increased scholarly inquiry. Yet, little attention has been paid to how urban growth affects countries’ food security and whether this association is modified by a country's level of development. The present study aims to fill this lacuna by examining the association between urbanisation and food security applying statistical modelling. The analysis uses country-level data, from the World Development Indicators and the United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects. Using a Food Insecurity Risk Index (FIRI) as the outcome variable, the results confirm a significant negative impact of urban growth on food security at the country level. It further finds that rapidly urbanising countries with the lowest levels of human development are most at risk of food insecurity.
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Szabo, Sylvia
01d6bb83-2775-4470-aa2b-b6afbf936187
25 August 2015
Szabo, Sylvia
01d6bb83-2775-4470-aa2b-b6afbf936187
Szabo, Sylvia
(2015)
Urbanization and food insecurity risks: assessing the role of human development.
Oxford Development Studies, 43 (3), .
(doi:10.1080/13600818.2015.1067292).
Abstract
The phenomenon of rapid urbanisation across the world has become a topic of increased scholarly inquiry. Yet, little attention has been paid to how urban growth affects countries’ food security and whether this association is modified by a country's level of development. The present study aims to fill this lacuna by examining the association between urbanisation and food security applying statistical modelling. The analysis uses country-level data, from the World Development Indicators and the United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects. Using a Food Insecurity Risk Index (FIRI) as the outcome variable, the results confirm a significant negative impact of urban growth on food security at the country level. It further finds that rapidly urbanising countries with the lowest levels of human development are most at risk of food insecurity.
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Published date: 25 August 2015
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377517
ISSN: 1360-0818
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