Urban Growth and Land Degradation in Developing Cities (Kings Soas Studies in Development Geography)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: October 4, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780754648284
Subjects: Human geography; Urban & municipal planning; Urban communities; Science; Sociology; Science/Mathematics; Sociology - Urban; Earth Sciences - Geography; Kano Metropolitan Area; Land degradation; Nigeria; Regional planning; Urbanization
Description: "The peri-urban interface in poor countries is frequently an area of great dynamism and a focus of competition for basic resources. In Nigeria, peri-urban livelihood strategies have become an increasingly important survival mechanism in the context of rapid urban growth. This book uses an innovative combination of methodologies from both the natural and social sciences to examine recent developments in and around the city of Kano in northern Nigeria, and in doing so, provides insights into the sustainability of these livelihood strategies. Identifying some of the most significant forces that are currently shaping the process of peri-urban change, it argues that, despite the adoption of creative and ingenious strategies by many farmers, urban growth is having a considerable effect on the livelihood resilience of individuals, households and communities."--BOOK JACKET.