Percy Toriro
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1570141 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Percy Toriro |
| NOMBRES | Percy |
| APELLIDO | Toriro |
| FIRMA | TORIRO P |
| AFILIACIONES | Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and South Africa (MDP-ESA), Zimbabwe |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The interface between politics, ethics and urban planning
The ideals and fundamentals of urban planning are largely to ensure habitable and liveable environments for the citizens. However, while planning is an apolitical profession that is supposed to advance human well-being and urban liveability, we argue that the planning process has been compromised by political interference that jeorpadises the realisation of the envisaged planning outcomes. Applying an exploratory qualitative research design in th…
Urban African food systems as sites of challenges and opportunities for household food equity and resilience
Food and nutrition security remain a significant challenge in Southern Africa’s urban food systems (UFS), where most urban households buy rather than grow their food. UFS comprise a hybrid mix of household food sourcing opportunities from retailers, including open-air markets, street vendors, shops, and supermarkets, as well as household-level strategies, such as urban agriculture. UFS thus bridge the divide between sites of food production and c…
Bringing together urban systems and food systems theory and research is overdue
Urban dwellers’ food and nutritional wellbeing are both dependent on infrastructure and can be indicative of wider wellbeing in urban contexts and societal health. This paper focuses on the multiple relationships that exist between food and infrastructure to provide a thorough theoretical and empirical grounding to urgent work on urban food security and nutrition in the context of rapid urban and nutrition transitions in the South. We argue that …
Environmental Resilience
Vendors on wheels! The changing terrain and manifestation of informality in Harare under Covid-19 pandemic restrictions
The coronavirus is affecting almost every part of the world. The impact of the virus has worsened the difficulties already confronting residents of the fast-growing cities of the developing world already suffering from many challenges, such as inadequate housing, growing poverty, poor urban environmental management, and high levels of unemployment and underemployment. As authorities introduced restrictive measures to curb the spread of the virus,…
The interface between politics, ethics and urban planning
The ideals and fundamentals of urban planning are largely to ensure habitable and liveable environments for the citizens. However, while planning is an apolitical profession that is supposed to advance human well-being and urban liveability, we argue that the planning process has been compromised by political interference that jeorpadises the realisation of the envisaged planning outcomes. Applying an exploratory qualitative research design in th…
Environmental Resilience
Vendors on wheels! The changing terrain and manifestation of informality in Harare under Covid-19 pandemic restrictions
The coronavirus is affecting almost every part of the world. The impact of the virus has worsened the difficulties already confronting residents of the fast-growing cities of the developing world already suffering from many challenges, such as inadequate housing, growing poverty, poor urban environmental management, and high levels of unemployment and underemployment. As authorities introduced restrictive measures to curb the spread of the virus,…
Bringing together urban systems and food systems theory and research is overdue
Urban dwellers’ food and nutritional wellbeing are both dependent on infrastructure and can be indicative of wider wellbeing in urban contexts and societal health. This paper focuses on the multiple relationships that exist between food and infrastructure to provide a thorough theoretical and empirical grounding to urgent work on urban food security and nutrition in the context of rapid urban and nutrition transitions in the South. We argue that …
The interface between politics, ethics and urban planning
The ideals and fundamentals of urban planning are largely to ensure habitable and liveable environments for the citizens. However, while planning is an apolitical profession that is supposed to advance human well-being and urban liveability, we argue that the planning process has been compromised by political interference that jeorpadises the realisation of the envisaged planning outcomes. Applying an exploratory qualitative research design in th…
Urban African food systems as sites of challenges and opportunities for household food equity and resilience
Food and nutrition security remain a significant challenge in Southern Africa’s urban food systems (UFS), where most urban households buy rather than grow their food. UFS comprise a hybrid mix of household food sourcing opportunities from retailers, including open-air markets, street vendors, shops, and supermarkets, as well as household-level strategies, such as urban agriculture. UFS thus bridge the divide between sites of food production and c…
Geography (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Environmental planning (3 obras) · Urban planning (3 obras) · Ecology (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras) · Food security (2 obras) · Food systems (2 obras) · Politics (2 obras)