The peri-urban interface : approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use / edited by Duncan McGregor, David Simon and Donald Thompson.
Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2006.
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| Summary: | Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland. These areas, home to hundreds of millions of people, face unique problems and need distinctive and innovative approaches and solutions. This book, authored by top researchers and practitioners, covers the full breadth and depth of the impacts of rapid urbanization on livelihoods, poverty and resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136536076 1136536078 9781441673039 1441673032 9781849775878 1849775877 1282789244 9781282789241 9786612789243 6612789247 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |