UID:
almahu_9949323948802882
Format:
1 online resource (xxxvi-352 p.)
ISBN:
2-9573058-2-8
Series Statement:
Africae Studies
Content:
This edited volume brings to light how much the development of the mountains of East Africa relates to their surrounding fast-growing towns and cities. The contributors, most of them geographers from both East Africa and France, explore three cases: Mount Kenya (Kenya), Mount Elgon (on its Ugandan side), and the Uporoto Mountains (Tanzania). They adopt a comparative perspective with earlier research and other East African mountains, such as Mount Kilimanjaro. The 12 chapters focus on one major recent upheaval: the growing urbanization that shapes new mountain systems. This phenomenon gives rise to the following questions: What are the links between rural and urban changes in such contexts? What are their impacts on livelihoods and development? This book, covering social and environmental issues relating to rural-urban exchanges and transformations, is the first of its kind for African mountains.
Note:
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9987-753-98-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4000/books.africae.1048
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