Urban-rural linkages as an urban survival strategy among urban dwellers in Botswana

The case of Broadhurst residents

Bibliographic Data

ID4301901
AuthorsStanislav Shmelev (0000-0003-2103-0201, University of Botswana, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume10
Issue1
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Political Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1073-0451 • E-ISSN: 1073-0451
PublisherUniversity of Arizona (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2458/v10i1.21649
OpenAlexW264041533
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited11

This paper studies the role of urban-rural linkages as survival strategies and as a form of economic security in the face of increasing levels of urban unemployment. The study focuses on the residents of Broadhurst,a suburb of Gaborone, Botswana and presents the result of a survey of 360 households.The households contained 1560 people of whom 90.9% were 45 years old or less. Urban-rural linkages included the continuation of part time work and residence in the rural area and the continued management of land and livestock in the rural area. In all, 91.9% of the households interviewed owned property in rural areas while 70.3% owned residential land, 64.7% owned farmland, 63.9% owned livestock, 56.7% owned grazing lands, 14.4% owned business plots and an additional 9.4% owned other forms of rural property. Linkages with the rural area were reinforced through participation in social activities, exchange of goods and services, and the consultation with rural people primarily over family matters and the consultation by rural relatives on work or financial matters

Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livestock · Political science · Residence · Rural area · Rural settlement · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unemployment · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Rural development and sustainability · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Forestry

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