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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Agergaard, Jytte , 1960- (Author), Fold, Niels (Author), Gough, Katherine V. , 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge , 2010
Series:Routledge studies in human geography 29
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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