Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing Countries - Essays for Alan B. Mountjoy

The book addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between 'urban' and 'rural' areas within Third World national territories, providing much-needed comparative, cross-cultural, and cross-national material.

Sommario

Preface Alan B. Mountjoy: An Appreciation Alan B. Mountjoy: Publications 1. Urban-rural Interaction in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Perspective 2. The Role of Energy in Urban-Rural Interchange in Tropical Africa 3. The Role of Urban Bias in Perpetuating Rural-urban and Regional Disparities in the Maghreb 4. The Urban Crisis and Rural-urban Migration in Sudan 5. Rural-urban Interaction and Development in Southern Africa: The Implications of Reduced Labour Migration 6. The Urban-Rural Context of Agrarian Change in the Arabian Peninsula 7. Commercialistaion, Distribution and Consumption: Rural-urban Grain and Resource Transfers in Peasant Society 8. Urban-rural Relations and the Counter-revolution in Development Theory and Policy 9. Rural-urban Interaction in Barbados and the Southern Caribbean: Patterns and Processes of Dependent Development in Small Countries 10. A Periphery in Genesis and Exodus: Reflections on Rural-urban Relations in Jamaica 11. Urban-rural Interaction, Spatial Polarisation and Development Planning Index

Riassunto

The book addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ areas within Third World national territories, providing much-needed comparative, cross-cultural, and cross-national material.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert (University of Reading Potter, Robert Unwin Potter
• Con la collaborazione di: Robert Potter (Editore), Robert (University of Reading Potter (Editore), Robert B. Potter (Editore), Potter Robert (Editore), Tim Unwin (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780815379607
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7960-7
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization; Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life