Rural settlement structure and African development / edited by Marilyn Silberfein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Background to the Study of Settlement. 1. Introduction / Marilyn Silberfein. 2. The Geographical Study of Rural Settlements / David Grossman and David Siddle -- Pt. 2. The Historical Perspective. 3. The Origins of African Rural Settlement / James L. Newman. 4. Cyclical Change in African Settlement and Modern Resettlement Programs / Marilyn Silberfein -- Pt. 3. The Evolution of Settlement Types: Some Case Studies. 5. Settlement Concentration and Dispersal Among the Kofyar / Glenn Davis Stone. 6. The Role of Villages and Ecological Constraints in Botswana / R. M. K. Silitshena. 7. Settlement Structure and Landscape Ecology in the Sahel: The Case of Northern Yatenga / Burkina Faso and Robert E. Ford. 8. Settlement Structure and Landscape Ecology in Humid Tropical Rwanda / Robert E. Ford -- Pt. 4. Rural Development Programs: The Role of Settlement Structure. 9. Participatory Development and Settlement in Southern Africa / Edward C. Green and Raymond T. Isely. 10. The Design of Community and Its Socioecological Consequences: Marsabit District, Kenya / Asmarom Legesse -- Pt. 5. National Settlement Strategies. 11. Rural Settlement Patterns in Zimbabwe and State Manipulation of the Settlement Structure / Lovemore Zinyama. 12. The Political Economy of Spatial Rationalization and Integration Policies in Tanzania / Richard J. Massaro -- Pt. 6. Conclusions and Implications for the Future. 13. The Rural-Urban Nexus / Marilyn Silberfein.