Author : Guy Ankerl
Release : 1986
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Urbanization Overspeed in Tropical Africa, 1970-2000 by : Guy Ankerl

Download or read book Urbanization Overspeed in Tropical Africa, 1970-2000 written by Guy Ankerl. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: State of urbanisation in 1980; State of agglomerations in 1980; Trends of urbanisations between 1970-2000; Trends in urban concentration and in the development of agglomerations between 1970-2000; Activities and urbanisation; The underprivileged; Underprivilege, an elusive phenomenon; The household in a transitional society; Differentiating rural and urban underprivileged; Measuring and monitoring the underpriviledged's situation; Societal indicators; Indicators and the underprivileged in urban and rural areas; Public services in urban and rural areas; Housing; Food supply; Underemployment and the residual sector; Elderly, handicapped and children; Women; Rural-urban migration : policy goals and measures for deceleration and redirection; Disincentives for migration; Social problem-solving by collective self-help; Social networks; Effective solidarity ties; Summary of policy recommendations.