Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has beenidentified as a key global challenge for the 21st Century. RuralUrbanInteraction in t... » 

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has beenidentified as a key global challenge for the 21st Century. RuralUrbanInteraction in the Developing World is an introduction to the relationshipsbetween rural and urban places in the developing world and shows that not alltheir aspects are as obvious as migration from country to city. There is now agrowing realisation that ruralurban relations are far more complex.The book takes urbanrural relations as its focus rather than considering themas only a part of either urban development or rural development. It examines arange of interactions between the rural and the urban by considering theseinteractions as flows that can take place in either direction. It considersmigration as just one of a series of flows between the rural and the urbanrather than only focusing on the phenomenon of ruraltourban migration becausethe movement of people into the city is a strong and highly visible indicatorof urbanisation.Each of the flows of people food the environmental money andideas has their own chapter. The book steps back from accepted orthodoxies byconsidering the flows as interactions that may take place in either directionacross space as well as within sectors. These flows are also considered withinthe context of development theory.RuralUrban Interaction in the Developing World uses a wealth of studentfriendly features including boxed casestudies discussion questions andannotated guides to further reading to place ruralurban interactions within abroader context and thus promoting a clearer understanding of theopportunities as well as the challenges that ruralurbaninteractionsrepresent. «