Journey to Agricultural Work in Yorubaland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G J Afolabi Ojo (Obafemi Awolowo University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication date | 1973-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1973.tb00907.x |
| OpenAlex | W2106905878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Journeys to farms in Idanre are mainly on foot, and the distances are considerable. The volume of commuters in relation to distance conforms to a model of distance growth-decay function rather than to the conventional distance decay function. The average critical isochrone marking the transition from growth to decay is six miles (10 km), with variations along different routes, and from weekdays to weekends. Distance is the most significant variable influencing periodic commuting designed to minimize the journey to farms. Periodic commuting encourages the growth of satellite rural settlements at the expense of the main town and leads to deglomeration, which has economic, social, and cultural implications
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Art · Distance decay · Economic geography · Economics · Foot (prosody) · Function (biology) · Geography · Human settlement · Variable (mathematics) · Work (physics) · Engineering · Mathematics · Soil and Land Suitability Analysis · Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 1975 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |