TY  - BOOK
AU  - Silberfein,Marilyn
TI  - Rural settlement structure and African development
SN  - 0813386578
AV  - HD966 .R87 1998
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Land settlement
KW  - Africa
KW  - Rural development
N1  - 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
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