Alice Hovorka
Biographic Data
| ID | 127651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Hovorka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Hovorka |
| SIGNATURE | HOVORKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guelph |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Animals, vulnerability and global environmental change: The case of farmed pigs in concentrated animal feeding operations in North Carolina
Donkeys in development: Welfare Assessments and Knowledge Mobilisation
Donkeys provide important means of agricultural power, transport, and income generation for people in the developing world. Yet donkeys work in harsh environments and challenging socio-economic contexts whereby their health and well-being is often compromised. This article provides development researchers and practitioners with a donkey welfare assessment protocol merging natural and social science and emphasising a community-engaged approach. It…
Food security in Southern African cities: The place of urban agriculture
Several decades of research on ‘urban agriculture’ have led to markedly different conclusions about the actual and potential role of household food production in African cities. In the context of rapid urbanization, urban agriculture is, once again, being advocated as a means to mitigate the growing food insecurity of the urban poor. This article examines the contemporary importance of household food production in poor urban communities in 11 dif…
Transspecies urban theory: Chickens in an African city
New cultural animal geography offers conceptual tools for a reinterpretation of urbanization in Africa. This article applies transspecies urban theory to the existing literature on urban livestock in the developing world, as well as a case study of chickens in Botswana to demonstrate how cities are inextricably wrapped up in human-animal relations. A focus on animals as influential actors, and interspecies mingling encourages one to acknowledge t…
Transspecies urban theory: Chickens in an African city
New cultural animal geography offers conceptual tools for a reinterpretation of urbanization in Africa. This article applies transspecies urban theory to the existing literature on urban livestock in the developing world, as well as a case study of chickens in Botswana to demonstrate how cities are inextricably wrapped up in human-animal relations. A focus on animals as influential actors, and interspecies mingling encourages one to acknowledge t…
Food security in Southern African cities: The place of urban agriculture
Several decades of research on ‘urban agriculture’ have led to markedly different conclusions about the actual and potential role of household food production in African cities. In the context of rapid urbanization, urban agriculture is, once again, being advocated as a means to mitigate the growing food insecurity of the urban poor. This article examines the contemporary importance of household food production in poor urban communities in 11 dif…
Animals, vulnerability and global environmental change: The case of farmed pigs in concentrated animal feeding operations in North Carolina
Transspecies urban theory: Chickens in an African city
New cultural animal geography offers conceptual tools for a reinterpretation of urbanization in Africa. This article applies transspecies urban theory to the existing literature on urban livestock in the developing world, as well as a case study of chickens in Botswana to demonstrate how cities are inextricably wrapped up in human-animal relations. A focus on animals as influential actors, and interspecies mingling encourages one to acknowledge t…
Food security in Southern African cities: The place of urban agriculture
Several decades of research on ‘urban agriculture’ have led to markedly different conclusions about the actual and potential role of household food production in African cities. In the context of rapid urbanization, urban agriculture is, once again, being advocated as a means to mitigate the growing food insecurity of the urban poor. This article examines the contemporary importance of household food production in poor urban communities in 11 dif…
Donkeys in development: Welfare Assessments and Knowledge Mobilisation
Donkeys provide important means of agricultural power, transport, and income generation for people in the developing world. Yet donkeys work in harsh environments and challenging socio-economic contexts whereby their health and well-being is often compromised. This article provides development researchers and practitioners with a donkey welfare assessment protocol merging natural and social science and emphasising a community-engaged approach. It…
Animals, vulnerability and global environmental change: The case of farmed pigs in concentrated animal feeding operations in North Carolina
Agriculture (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urbanization (2 works)