The peri-urban interface :: approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use /

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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Weitere Verfasser: McGregor, Duncan F. M., Simon, David, 1957-, Thompson, Donald A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136536076
1136536078
9781441673039
1441673032
9781849775878
1849775877
1282789244
9781282789241
9786612789243
6612789247

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