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Rural-urban dynamics in the east African mountains /

This book is the result of a long-term cooperation between French and East African scholars and universities under the aegis of the French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi). This book presents the main results of the research program Cooperation for University and Scientific Research (C...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institut français de recherche en Afrique
Other Authors: Racaud, Sylvain (Editor), Nakileza, Bob (Editor), Bart, François (Editor), Charlery de la Masselière, Bernard (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki Na Nyota in association with French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA), [2017]
Subjects:
Urbanization > Africa, East.
Rural development > Africa, East.
Rural-urban relations > Africa, East.
Africa, East > Rural conditions.
Rural conditions.
Rural development.
Rural-urban relations.
Urbanization.
Africa, East.
Table of Contents:
  • Mountains and urbanization in East Africa / Bernard Charlery de la Masselière, François Bart, Sylvain Racaud, Alain Bonnassieux and Catherine Baron
  • The role of small and medium sized towns in Eastern Africa mountains : new opportunities or challenged position? / Helène Mainet and Jean-Charles Edouard
  • Moshi (Kilimanjaro, Tanzania) : the urban dynamics of a rural region / François Bart
  • On the road from Mbeya to Uporoto highlands and Lake Nyasa lowlands (Tanzania) : mountain transect, rural-urban flows and markets / Sylvain Racaud and François Bart
  • Rethinking the future of rural landscapes in relation to cities in the mountain regions of East Africa : case of Mt Elgon in Uganda / Bob Nakileza
  • Spatial and temporal changes in land use and cover in the Atari catchment on Mt Elgon slopes / Clare M. Nantumbwe and Moses M. Tenywa
  • Spatial interaction between mountains and urban centres in the Mbeya region / Milline J. Mbonile
  • The role of planning frameworks in supporting livelihoods activities in Uganda / Charles Edaku
  • Between dispossession and resilience : peasant strategies and social change in the central highlands of Kenya / Yves Guillermou / Commercial food crop marketing chains and town food supply in East African mountain regions / Sylvain Racaud
  • The dynamics and resilience of periodic markets in the Mt Elgon region Uganda : a geographical perspective / Paul Mukwaya
  • Agribusiness in the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of a mountain urban centre : the case of Karatina town, Kenya / Patrick Mbataru
  • The role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in small towns in East Africa / Ephantus Kihonge
  • Mountain tourism in dynamic settings : challenges and efforts to align tourism to emerging realities in Mt Kenya / Joseph K. Murithi.