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Title:Urbanization Overspeed in Tropical Africa 1970-2000
Series:(INU Societal Research Series)
Author:Guy Ankerl; Series Editor Dr Dirk Pereboom
ISBN:2881550002 : 9782881550003
Illustrations:maps & tables
Format:Paperback
Size:140x210mm
Pages:117
Weight: .16 Kg.
Published:INU Press - December 1986
List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL STUDIES: Urban & municipal planning: AFRICA


Contents: State of urbanisation in 1980; State of agglomerations in 1980; Trends of urbanisations between 1970-2000; Trends in urban concentration and in the development of agglomerations between 1970-2000; Activities and urbanisation; The underprivileged; Underprivilege, an elusive phenomenon; The household in a transitional society; Differentiating rural and urban underprivileged; Measuring and monitoring the underpriviledged's situation; Societal indicators; Indicators and the underprivileged in urban and rural areas; Public services in urban and rural areas; Housing; Food supply; Underemployment and the residual sector; Elderly, handicapped and children; Women; Rural-urban migration : policy goals and measures for deceleration and redirection; Disincentives for migration; Social problem-solving by collective self-help; Social networks; Effective solidarity ties; Summary of policy recommendations.