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Rural-urban Dynamics: Livelihoods, Mobility And Markets In African And Asian Frontiers (routledge Studies In Human Geography) by [edited by] Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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It has increasingly been recognised that rural and urban areas are inextricably interlinked. This book adopts a fresh approach to the issue of rural-urban dynamics through a study of the changing nature of livelihoods, mobility and markets in ten study sites across four countries of Africa and Asia. Building on detailed fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Tanzania, Vietnam and Thailand, the authors explore how settlements and livelihoods are being transformed as long-term inhabitants and recent migrants embrace new economic activities many of which are linked to global markets. The book is structured around the concept of ‘frontier’ which is conceptualized as being a dynamic space where the forces of economic, demographic and social change are brought to bear. The study sites include agricultural frontiers (coffee, cocoa, pineapples and fresh fruit), handicraft and manufacturing frontiers, and mining frontiers (gold and diamonds). In all of the cases, global value chain dynamics have played a pivotal role in shaping local livelihoods. Some settlements are developing into new urban centres whilst others are suffering from a boom and bust experience due to the unreliability of export mar

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Author
[edited by] Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780415475624
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Sociology, Social Science

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