The peri-urban interface : approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use /

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Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McGregor, Duncan F. M., Simon, David, 1957-, Thompson, Donald A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.
Temas:
Sustainable development.
Urbanization.
Land use.
Urbanization
Développement durable.
Urbanisation.
Utilisation du sol.
sustainable development.
urbanization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Land use
Sustainable development
Verstädterung
Nachhaltigkeit
Landnutzung
Sol, Utilisation du.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Contemporary perspectives on the peri-urban zones of cities in developing countries / David Simon, Duncan McGregor and Donald Thompson
  • 2. Peri-urban ecosystems and societies : transitional zones and contrasting values / Ian Douglas
  • 3. Understanding environmental change in the context of rural-urban interactions / Adriana Allen
  • 4. Falling between stools? : policies, strategies and the peri-urban interface / Julio Davila
  • 5. The environmental and social impacts of peri-urban irrigated vegetable production around Jos, Nigeria / Frances Harris, Margaret Pasquini, Jasper Dung and Alhaji Adepetu
  • 6. Horticulture and market information at the peri-urban interface : agricultural marketing in Tanzania / Kenneth Lynch and Nigel Poole.

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