Changing rural–urban linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania

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ID12242593
AutoresMahmoud Bah (GRAD, BP 5075, Bamako, Mali, tel: 223-218873, autor correspondente), Salmana Cissé (Rural Economics Institute in Mali (IER).), Bitrina Diyamett (Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH); African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)), Gouro Diallo (GRAD, BP 5075, Bamako, Mali, tel: 223-218873), Fred Lerise (Department of Urban and Rural Planning at the University College of Lands and Architectural Studies, Dar es Salaam.), D U U Okali, David Okali (NGO Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST); Ibadan, Nigeria.), Enoch Okpara (Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria.), Janice Olawoye (Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; NGO Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST); Ibadan, Nigeria), Cecilia Tacoli (0000-0001-8638-7469, IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD)
Ano2003
Volume15
Fascículo1
Páginas13-24
Data de publicação2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/095624780301500104
OpenAlexW1994963417
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas35

This paper compares and contrasts changing rural–urban linkages drawing on research in six case study areas in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania. The aim of the research was to gain a better understanding of the ways in which the livelihoods of rural and urban households rely on both rural-based and urban-based resources, and on exchanges between urban and rural areas. The paper describes changes in farming systems under the impact of urban expansion, with special attention to access to land and other natural resources such as water, and also access to markets and the role of traders, especially small-scale operators. It also examines how changing rural and urban contexts, as well as wider national and regional contexts, affect patterns of income diversification and mobility, especially the differential impacts with regard to women and men and to young and older people. Finally, it analyzes the role of the case studies’ urban centres in the economic and social development of their surrounding regions

Agriculture · Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban and Rural Development Challenges