The Rural-Urban Interface in Africa: Expansion and Adaptation

This book publishes the proceedings of a conferenceheld in Gilleleje, Denmark,in September 1990. Entitled "Small Towns and Rural Development in Africa under Conditions of Stress: Adaptative Strategies and Survival Mechanisms," this conference was organized jointly by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies (SIAS) and the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen.

Through sixteen chapters (mainly cases studies from various parts of Africa, Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda), this book emphasizes the close interdependence of the rural and urban sectors, especially under conditions of stress.