1st Edition

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

352 Pages

by Routledge

352 Pages

by Routledge

352 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1989, The Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing Countries 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. The book discusses the various theories of urban-rural interaction, and summarises the topic... Read more

Preface

Alan B. Mountjoy: An Appreciation

Alan B. Mountjoy: Publications

1. Urban-rural Interaction in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Perspective, Tim Unwin

2. The Role of Energy in Urban-Rural Interchange in Tropical Africa, W.B. Morgan

3. The Role of Urban Bias in Perpetuating Rural-urban and Regional Disparities in the Maghreb, Keith Sutton

4. The Urban Crisis and Rural-urban Migration in Sudan, El-Sayed El Bushra

5. Rural-urban Interaction and Development in Southern Africa: The Implications of Reduced Labour Migration, David Simon

6. The Urban-Rural Context of Agrarian Change in the Arabian Peninsula, Tim Unwin

7. Commercialistaion, Distribution and Consumption: Rural-urban Grain and Resource Transfers in Peasant Society, Barbara Harriss

8. Urban-rural Relations and the Counter-revolution in Development Theory and Policy, Stuart Corbridge

9. Rural-urban Interaction in Barbados and the Southern Caribbean: Patterns and Processes of Dependent Development in Small Countries, Robert B. Potter

10. A Periphery in Genesis and Exodus: Reflections on Rural-urban Relations in Jamaica, David Barker

11. Urban-rural Interaction, Spatial Polarisation and Development Planning, Robert B. Potter

Index