Rural Settlement Structure and African Development

Abstract

Background To The Study Of Settlement Introduction (Marilyn Silberfein.) The Geographic Study of Rural Settlements (David Grossman and David Siddle.) The Historical Perspective The Origins of African Rural Settlement (James L. Newman.) Cyclical Change in African Settlement and Modern Resettlement Programs (M. Silberfein.) The Evolution Of Settlement Types: Some Case Studies Settlement Concentration and Dispersal Among the Kofyar (Glenn Davis Stone.) The Role of Villages and Ecological Constraints in Botswana (R.M.K. Silitshena.) Settlement Structure and Landscape Ecology in the Sahel: The Case of Northern Yatenga, Burkina Faso (Robert E. Ford.) Settlement Structure and Landscape Ecology in Humid Tropical Rwanda (R. E. Ford.) Rural Development Programs? The Role Of Settlement Systems Participatory Development and Settlement in Southern Africa (Edward C. Green and Raymond T. Isely.) The Design of Community and Its Sociological Consequences: Marsabit District, Kenya (Asmarom Legesse.) National Settlement Strategies Rural Settlement Patterns in Zimbabwe and State Manipulation of the Settlement Structure (Lovemore W. Zinyama.) The Political Economy of Spatial Rationalization and Integration Policies in Tanzanian Villages (Richard J. Massaro.) Conclusions And Implications For The Future The Rural-Urban Nexus (M. Silberfein.).