Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World

Abstract

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World is an introduction to the relationships between rural and urban places in the developing world and shows that not all their aspects are as obvious as migration from country to city. There is now a growing realisation that rural-urban relations are far more complex. The book takes rural-urban relations as its focus, rather than considering them as only a part of either urban development or rural development. It examines a range of interactions between the rural and the urban by considering these interactions as flows that can take place in either direction. It considers migration as just one of a series of flows between the rural and the urban, rather than only focusing on the phenomenon of rural-to-urban migration as a strong and highly visible indicator of urbanisation. Each of the flows of people, food, the environment, money and ideas has its own chapter. The book steps back from accepted orthodoxies by considering the flows as interactions that may take place in either direction, across space as well as within sectors. These flows are also considered within the context of development theory. Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World uses a wealth of student-friendly features including boxed case studies, discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading to place rural-urban interactions within a broader context. it promotes a clearer understanding of the opportunities, as well as the challenges, that rural-urban interactions represent.

Intégration des dimensions du développement territorial durable et influence urbaine dans les municipalités rurales de deux régions du Québec /

“…Des phénomènes sont observés à l'échelle planétaire et modèlent l'espace en bouleversant les modes d'occupation du territoire (Fairbairn, 1998;Lynch, 2005;Bryant et Mitchell, 2006). Ces changements sont la source de nombreuses perturbations ayant des conséquences sur la structure économique et démographique Si ces exemples évoquées dépeignent une réalité très contrastée, il serait plus juste de considérer cette dynamique comme participant à créer différentes catégories de territoires ruraux qui seront avantagés ou encore désavantagés à différents degrés par ces nouvelles réalités.…”

Rural youth outmigration, remittance and its impacts on migrant-sending households in Gojjam and Wolayta, Ethiopia

“…Author agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License as land degradation (Caldwell 1969;Tesfaye, 2004); and limited non-agricultural employment opportunities engender outmigration (Lynch, 2005;Ayalew, 2010). Impoverished rural life and unfavourable working conditions and the resultant dissatisfaction of rural youth with rural life styles generate rural outmigration.…”

Small Cities, Neoliberal Governance and Sustainable Development in the Global South: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda

“…Only a few urban political ecology studies have paid explicit attention to urban-rural linkages; these exceptions include analyses of how water has been captured from a city's rural hinterland [50,51] and studies of urban energy and wood-based fuels [52,53]. A related body of literature on the peri-urban interface and urban-rural interactions in developing countries [54][55][56] is more comprehensive and also points to pollution and other urban-rural linkages, such as migration, remittances and the circulation of ideas and values. All these interactions are relevant for urbanization processes and local environmental politics of smaller cities and therefore need to be considered in a framework for future study.…”