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Title The Earthscan reader in rural-urban linkages / edited by Cecilia Tacoli.

Imprint London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.76 Ea76  2006    ---  Available
Description xx, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note "Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-324) and index.
Contents Small urban centres and large villages : the habitat for much of the world's low-income population / David Satterthwaite -- Survival and accumulation strategies at the rural-urban interface in North-West Tanzania / Jonathan Baker -- Changing rural-urban linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania / Mahmoud Bah, Salmana Cisse, Bitrina Diyamett, Gouro Diallo, Fred Lerise, David Okali, Enoch Okpara, Janice Olawoye and Cecilia Tacoli -- Evolving rural-urban relations and livelihoods in Southeast Asia / Jonathan Rigg -- Transitions in sub-Saharan Africa : agriculture, urbanization and income growth / Mary Tiffen -- Regional network strategy for reciprocal rural-urban linkages : an agenda for policy research with reference to Indonesia / Mike Douglass -- Role of small and intermediate urban centres in regional and rural development : assumptions and evidence / David Satterthwaite and Cecilia Tacoli -- Small town and urban context in China / Richard Kirkby, Ian Bradbury and Guanbao Shen -- Environmental perceptions, social class and demographic change in Mexico City : a comparative approach / Haydea Izazola, Carolina Martinez and Catherine Marquette -- Improved livelihoods in improved watersheds in India : can migration be mitigated? / Priya Deshingkar -- Taking advantage of rural assets as a coping strategy for the urban poor : the case of rural-urban interrelations in Botswana / Fred Kruger -- Urban agriculture in the metropolitan zone of Mexico City : changes over time in urban, suburban and peri-urban areas / H. Losada, H. Martinex, J. Vieyra, R. Pealing, J. Rivera, R. Zavala and J. Cortes -- Politics of urban-rural relations : land use conversion in the Philippines / Philip F. Kelly -- Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity : what urban economics leaves out / William E. Rees -- Overview of urban environmental burdens at three scales : intra-urban, urban-regional and global / Gordon McGranahan.
Subject Urbanization -- Developing countries.
Cities and towns -- Developing countries.
Developing countries -- Population.
Added Author Tacoli, Cecilia, 1958-
Earthscan.
International Institute for Environment and Development.
ISBN 1844073165 (pbk.)
1844073157 (hbk.)
Standard No. 9781844073160
9781844073153
YDXCP 2379248

 
    
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