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03055aam a2200409M 4500 001 06B3CC729F4311EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200323t20202020sz ab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9783030463588 020 $a 3030463583 035 $a (OCoLC)1145625281 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OHX $d OCLCF $d LQU $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d S2H $d IaU $d SILO 050 4 $a GF1-900 050 4 $a HT151 $b .M66 2020 082 04 $a 304.2 100 1 $a Morse, Stephen, $d 1957- $e author. 245 10 $a Social networks and food security in the urban fringe / $c Stephen Morse, The Reverend Sister Nora MacNamara ; with contributions by Shuaibu Adamu, Nancy Sabanti Nathan, Yemisi Adedipe, Muhammed Kabir, Augustine Onwuaroh, Nathaniel Otene. 264 1 $a Cham : $b Springer Nature, $c [2020] 300 $a xxiii, 228 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 490 1 $a GeoJournal Library, $x 0924-5499 490 1 $a Urban Perspectives from the Global South, $x 2511-2171 520 $a This book explores how social groups in the urban fringe of Abuja, Nigeria, engaged with a series of development projects spanning 15 years (2003 to 2018) which focused on the enhancement of food security for farming households. The groups were at the heart of these development projects and the book presents the many insights that were gained by farmers and project agents working within these partnerships and provides advice for those seeking to do the same. The book also explores how the social groups attempted to lever benefits from being near to the fastest growing city in Africa and a centre of economic and political power. While much has been written about social groups and their embeddedness within wider social networks in Africa and in other parts of the world, the exploration of the role of social groups within development projects is an area that remains relatively unchartered and this book seeks to fill that important gap in knowledge. It provides an important contribution for all those researching and working with social groups in the developing world. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index. 505 0 $a Chapter 1. Introduction: The leveraging by and of social groups -- Chapter 2. Social groups, networks, leadership and trust -- Chapter 3. Exploring social groups -- Chapter 4. Abuja: A new city of opportunity -- Chapter 5. The social group landscape -- Chapter 6. Social groups as catalysts -- Chapter 7. Lessons and the future. 650 0 $a Human geography. 650 0 $a Regional planning. 650 0 $a City planning. 650 7 $a City planning $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862177 650 7 $a Human geography $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963107 650 7 $a Regional planning $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093120 700 1 $a MacNamara, Nora, $e author. 830 0 $a GeoJournal Library. 830 0 $a Urban Perspectives from the Global South. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317013348.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=06B3CC729F4311EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search