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Climate change and environmental degradation: Evidence from SADC countries. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Adediran OA   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urbanisation:

2023
Urbanization was one of the key processes and ‘grand narratives’ in Britain from the eighteenth century through to the outbreak of the First World War. The video discusses some of the key debates associated with the concept and explores a number of processes and themes that shaped urbanization.
Gustav Cederlöf, Alex Loftus
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Africa’s urbanisation: Implications for sustainable development

open access: yesCities, 2015
Sustainable development remains one of the most advocated development concepts worldwide, yet, there continues to be limited signs of progress towards its achievement in Africa.
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Rethinking sustainable development within the framework of poverty and urbanisation in developing countries

open access: yesEnvironmental Development, 2015
Since its emergence in the 1980s, the ideology underpinning sustainable development has become a metaphor for describing human welfare and environmental management.
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Urbanisation in Africa: Lessons For Urbanisation in the Homelands

South African Geographical Journal, 1979
Abstract In the homelands, as in the rest of Africa, urbanisation is proceeding a pace, bringing with it far-reaching socio-economic and political implications. There are relatively strong similarities between certain African states and the homelands in respect of rate of urbanisation, shortage of housing and services with the accompanying development ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Urbanisation and Cultural Resilience in Newly Urbanised Communities

The Sarawak Museum Journal, 2008
Sustainable urbanisation begins with the understanding that what is to be sustained and developed is the quality of life of the people - past, present and future. Sustainable urbanisation is based on the premise that planners and policy makers do not have a tabula rasa, an empty slate, to begin with. Cities are a cultural identity as much, perhaps even
Abdul Hadi Harman Shah   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Urbanisation planifiée et urbanisation spontanée

2012
La ville de Nouadhibou, située dans la presqu’île du Cap blanc ou Ras Nouadhibou à la frontière avec le Maroc/Sahara et des îles des Canaries, n’a pas échappé à une urbanisation rapide et subite, suite notamment à la sécheresse qui a frappé la Mauritanie dans les années 1970. Nouadhibou est la capitale économique de la Mauritanie.
openaire   +1 more source

Economic development and urbanisation

Habitat International, 1988
Trends in urbanization in developing countries are analyzed with a focus on the causes of rapid urbanization and particularly on the role of the division of labor. The impact of urbanization on the process of economic development is described. The role of government and of urban planning policies is also considered. (ANNOTATION)
openaire   +2 more sources

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