ISBN:
0521213487
,
0521291186
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 235 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
Series Statement:
Urbanization in developing countries 2.1978
Series Statement:
Urbanization in developing countries
DDC:
307.7/6/0966
Keywords:
Urbanization
;
Africa, West Social conditions
;
Westafrika
;
Verstädterung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
This book is an interdisciplinary study of rapid urban growth in West Africa. Gugler and Flanagan first explore the history of the cities of the early West African empires and they draw on the work of social anthropologists and sociologists, as well as demographers, economists, geographers, historians, political scientists and social psychologists. They then describe the urban explosion that the region experienced after World War II. They explore the implications of widespread urban unemployment and underemployment, the housing crisis and the emergence of metropolitan areas such as Lagos. The literature on urbanization and social change in Black Africa in general, and West Africa in particular, expanded at a fast pace in the years preceding publication. This critical review of the disparate findings filled a gap in African Studies and threw light on the understanding of Third World urbanization.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 202 - 220
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