| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 157 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Theoretical Frame Work -- Introduction -- Generic spatial development of rural areas -- Objective of the rural physical planner -- Rural habitat planning and the role of decentralization -- ch. Two Cultural Identity and the Rural Habitat -- complexity of human settlement -- variety of individual dwellings -- village and habitat -- Architectural styles and building forms -- ch. Three Rural Habitat and Farm System Development -- Typology of rural settlement -- Shapes and forms of single dwellings -- Village: agglomerations of hamlets -- Farming systems and the village structure -- Farming systems and the human setting -- Objectives of the farm family -- Settlement and the farming systems -- ch. Four Rural Settlement -- Spatial Development Planning -- rural and urban dichotomy -- False presumptions -- Towards sustainable rural economies and livelihoods -- ̂ |
| Summary |
Despite rapid urbanisation, Africa remains predominantly rural. This calls for decentralisation beyond the dominant concern by states and government with urban spaces. Rural areas, rural development and the future of rural settlements need to be understood and addressed in the context of the ongoing democratisation trends and the emergence and development of civil society. States have tended to tame rather than serve civil society in Africa. By establishing a single cultural reference and imposing a centralised state, African governments have exacerbated the fragmentation of civil society. How |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rural development -- Cameroon -- Planning
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Decentralization in government -- Cameroon
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Decentralization in government
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Rural conditions
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Rural development -- Planning
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Dezentralisation
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Ländliche Entwicklung
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Regionalentwicklung
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Wirkungsanalyse
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| SUBJECT |
Cameroon -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Cameroon
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Kamerun
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956717705 |
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9956717703 |
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9789956717910 |
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9956717916 |
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9956717665 |
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9789956717668 |
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1283227312 |
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9781283227315 |
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9786613227317 |
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6613227315 |
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9956717339 |
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9789956717330 |
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