Rural settlement structure and African development
1998
Silberfein, Marilyn
This book draws on the perspectives of geography and anthropology to provide a thorough examination of the role played by settlement patterns and processes in rural development in Africa. In particular, the contributors evaluate the way people arrange themselves in rural space.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]They find that although in many parts of the world, villages and homesteads have been a relatively stable element in the rural landscape, in Africa settlements have provided an unusually flexible mechanism for adjusting to changing circumstances.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]The discussions also focus on the manipulation of settlements by African governments as part of their development programs. According to the contributors, despite the official goals associated with such programs, their actual purpose has often been to expand government control of the countryside - while invariably producing deleterious and unanticipated side effects.
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出版者 Westview Press | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©1998
