Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa
Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa, ed. Kudo, Shogo, Mfune, Orleans, Hansen, Melissa and Nyerere, Jackline (Denver: Spears Media Press, 2018).
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Editor Kudo, Shogo
Mfune, Orleans
Hansen, Melissa
Nyerere, JacklineTitle Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa Publication Date 2018-10-18 Place of Publication Denver Publisher Spears Media Press Pages 248 Language eng Abstract This book highlights the important role of the complex nature of interactions between rural and urban areas in Africa and how this relates to sustainable development on the continent – one with a fast urbanization rate. The volume critiques the widely held assumption of a societal divide where rural areas are mostly agricultural, whilst urban areas engage in industry and services. Contributors provide conceptual arguments and present case studies in Africa which illustrate the complex and multifaceted interdependencies between cities and rural areas, through the flow of natural resources, people, capital, information, goods and services which directly impacts the socio-ecological as well as economic sustainability of these spaces. This volume forms part of an Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) book series involving the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and 8 partner African universities running Master’s Programs in sustainable development. The book series is intended to serve primarily as undergraduate and graduate instruction materials for courses on sustainable development in Africa, as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa. UNBIS Thesaurus SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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