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Rural-Urban Dynamics in the East African Mountains / Sylvain Racaud, Bob R. Nakileza, François Bart, Bernard Charlery de la Masselière.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baron, Catherine
- Series:
- Africae Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Africa, East.
- Urbanization.
- Rural development--Africa, East.
- Rural development.
- Rural-urban relations--Africa, East.
- Rural-urban relations.
- Africa, East--Rural conditions.
- Africa, East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi-352 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi : Africae, 2020.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited volume brings to light how much the development of the mountains of East Africa relates to their surrounding fast-growing towns and cities. The contributors, most of them geographers from both East Africa and France, explore three cases: Mount Kenya (Kenya), Mount Elgon (on its Ugandan side), and the Uporoto Mountains (Tanzania). They adopt a comparative perspective with earlier research and other East African mountains, such as Mount Kilimanjaro. The 12 chapters focus on one major recent upheaval: the growing urbanization that shapes new mountain systems. This phenomenon gives rise to the following questions: What are the links between rural and urban changes in such contexts? What are their impacts on livelihoods and development? This book, covering social and environmental issues relating to rural-urban exchanges and transformations, is the first of its kind for African mountains.
- Notes:
- OpenEdition Books License https://www.openedition.org/12554
- ISBN:
- 2-9573058-2-8
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