The development process : a spatial perspective / Akin L. Mabogunje.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mabogunje, Akin L., author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography

Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Space in economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written from the perspective of developing countries, this book discusses the development process from a spatial perspective, focussing particularly on the evoltuion of the intra-national space-economy. With emphasis on African nations, this book offers a distinctive interpretation of the current situation and policy prescriptions differing significantly from previous literature in the area.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part One: Orientation; 2 Defining development; Development as economic growth; Development as modernization; Development as distributive justice; Development as socio-economic transformation; The nature of underdevelopment; 3 Geographic space and development; Space as part of socio-economic formation; Defining spatial structure; Elements of spatial organization; Development as spatial reorganization

Part Two: Rural Development4 Collapse of traditional rural structures; Traditional rural structures in Africa; The impact of colonial exploitation; Effects on the traditional rural structure; Post-colonial aggravation of rural conditions; 5 The nature of rural development; A critique of rural development projects; The nature of rural spatial reorganization; Social relations in spatial reorganization; 6 Strategy of rural development; Conceptual basis for the strategy of the 'big push'; Empirical evidence: Britain, United States, Soviet Union, China, Tanzania; Part Three: Urban Development

7 Emergent urbanizationTypology of colonial urbanization; Colonial impact on the traditional urban economy; Post-colonial urbanization and import-substituting industrialization; Emergent urban systems in underdeveloped countries; Patterns of urbanization; 8 Urban crisis of underdevelopment; Growth of the urban population; Urban unemployment and the growth of the informal sector; Environmental problems of cities in underdeveloped countries; Social alienation and urban management; 9 Urban system and national development; The conceptual basis of urban development

Demand factors in the strategy of urbanizationTechnological choices and industrial development; Programme of urban development; Urban planning and management; Part Four: National Integration; 10 Integrating the national population; Population growth; Population density; The concept of a human carrying capacity; The role of social development; Population mobility and spatial interaction; Population planning and national integration; 11 Information flows; The nature of information; Network of information channels; Information flow and popular mobilization

Developing a control information system12 Movements of goods and services; Colonial spatial integrative strategy; A model of transportation development; Transportation for self-centred development; Organizing the flow of goods and services; 13 External relations; Problems of external dependent relations; The role of multinational corporations; The metropolitan interests; The constraints of future global resources; The concept of selective closure; The imperative of regional organizations; 14 Conclusion; The investment-mobilization distinction; The ideological smokescreen

The question of class analysis

Notes:

First published in 1980 by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-65848-8

1-317-33119-2

1-317-33118-4

9781315658483

OCLC:

958107995