Rural-urban dynamics [ livelihoods, mobility and markets in African and Asian frontiers
This book adopts a fresh approach to the issue of rural-urban dynamics through a study of the changing nature of livelihoods, mobility and markets in ten study sites across four countries of Africa and Asia.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge ,
2010
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| Series: | Routledge studies in human geography
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| Online Access: | ebrary MyiLibrary NetLibrary Click here to view book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Conceptualising and performing comparison of rural-urban dynamics
- 3. Small town development in the Ghanaian cocoa frontier
- 4. Living from coffee in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Susceptible livelihoods and diverse settlement transformations
- 5. Rise and fall of smallholder pineapple production in Ghana: Changing global markets, livelihoods and settlement growth
- 6. Transforming livelihoods and settlements: Fruit production and urbanisation in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
- 7. Agricultural frontier settlements: Markets, livelihood diversi.cation and small town development
- 8. Handicrafts in Vietnam: Rural urbanisation in the Red River Delta
- 9. A revolution in the Thai handicraft industry?: Handicrafts, integration and rural development in Northern Thailand
- 10. From farm to factory: Village change in a rice-growing region
- 11. Handicraft and manufacturing frontier: Transforming livelihoods, re-shap