Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a
key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing …

Originally published in 1989, The Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing
Countries addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between 'urban'and …

This book explores how some of the specific sectors, organisations and actors influence and
shape the functioning of small towns in Africa. A number of the contributors of the volume …

In 2011, the United Nations (UN) announced that one half of the world's population lived in
urban areas. More developed regions attained this level in the late 1940s, and typically …

With accelerating urbanization and growing inter-dependence of rural and urban dwellers
on the markets and resources they each offer, rural urban linkages have become a very …

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WORKING PAPER 7 Changing rural-urban interactions in sub-Saharan Africa and their impact …

This paper compares and contrasts changing rural–urban linkages drawing on research in
six case study areas in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania. The aim of the research was to gain a …

Recent years have seen a rising interest in peri‐urban spaces, urban frontiers and new
suburbanisms, including in African contexts. However, given the scale of urban growth and …

This paper proposes 'ruralization'as a concept that human geographers are well placed to
develop across the rural-urban geography divide and in dialogue with scholars in cognate …

This book discusses migration and space-spanning social network relationships as normal
realities of life in African societies. It offers an overview of the research landscape and …