Rural-Urban Dynamics in the East African Mountains
This edited volume brings to light how much the development of the mountains of East Africa relates to their surrounding fast-growing towns and cities. The contributors, most of them geographers from both East Africa and France, explore three cases: Mount Kenya (Kenya), Mount Elgon (on its Ugandan side), and the Uporoto Mountains (Tanzania). They adopt a comparative perspective with earlier research and other East African mountains, such as Mount Kilimanjaro. The 12 chapters focus on one m...
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- Éditeur : Africae, Mkuki na Nyota
- Collection : Africae Studies
- Lieu d’édition : Nairobi
- Année d’édition : 2016
- Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 15 décembre 2020
- EAN (Édition imprimée) : 9789987753987
- EAN électronique : 9782957305827
- DOI : 10.4000/books.africae.1048
- Nombre de pages : xxxvi-352 p.
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A case of Mt Elgon, Bugisu region, Eastern Uganda
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This edited volume brings to light how much the development of the mountains of East Africa relates to their surrounding fast-growing towns and cities. The contributors, most of them geographers from both East Africa and France, explore three cases: Mount Kenya (Kenya), Mount Elgon (on its Ugandan side), and the Uporoto Mountains (Tanzania). They adopt a comparative perspective with earlier research and other East African mountains, such as Mount Kilimanjaro. The 12 chapters focus on one major recent upheaval: the growing urbanization that shapes new mountain systems. This phenomenon gives rise to the following questions: What are the links between rural and urban changes in such contexts? What are their impacts on livelihoods and development? This book, covering social and environmental issues relating to rural-urban exchanges and transformations, is the first of its kind for African mountains.
© Africae, 2016
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