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Decentralisation and spatial rural development planning in Cameroon /

Despite rapid urbanisation, Africa remains predominantly rural. This calls for decentralisation beyond the dominant concern by states and government with urban spaces. Rural areas, rural development and the future of rural settlements need to be understood and addressed in the context of the ongoing...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ndenecho, Emmanuel Neba
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011.
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  • Machine generated contents note: ch. One Theoretical Frame Work
  • Introduction
  • Generic spatial development of rural areas
  • Objective of the rural physical planner
  • Rural habitat planning and the role of decentralization
  • ch. Two Cultural Identity and the Rural Habitat
  • complexity of human settlement
  • variety of individual dwellings
  • village and habitat
  • Architectural styles and building forms
  • ch. Three Rural Habitat and Farm System Development
  • Typology of rural settlement
  • Shapes and forms of single dwellings
  • Village: agglomerations of hamlets
  • Farming systems and the village structure
  • Farming systems and the human setting
  • Objectives of the farm family
  • Settlement and the farming systems
  • ch. Four Rural Settlement
  • Spatial Development Planning
  • rural and urban dichotomy
  • False presumptions
  • Towards sustainable rural economies and livelihoods
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