Open AccessCecilia Tacoli (ed). The Earthscan Reader in Rural-Urban Linkages. London / Sterling, VA: Earthscan. 329 pages. Hardbound. Indian Rs 995.00.
Author(s) -
G. M. Arif
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v46i1pp.102-105
Subject(s) - human settlement , livelihood , census , economic growth , geography , rural area , population , development economics , economic geography , political science , sociology , economics , agriculture , demography , archaeology , law
The linkages between ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ locations, people,and activities contribute significantly to livelihoods and act asengines of economic, social, and cultural transformation. There is anincreased interest among officials and policy-makers to betterunderstand the opportunities and constraints that these linkages offer.Divided into five parts, the fifteen chapters, of this book bringspecial attention to the impact of rural-urban linkages on differentaspects of sustainable development. Chapter 1 presents an analysis ofrecent census data, with special attention to small urban centres. DavidSatterthwaite argus that the rural and urban divide misses the extent towhich rural households rely on urban incomes, while many urbanhouseholds in low-income nations rely on rural resources and areciprocal relationship with rural households. There is a need to forgetthis divide and see all settlements as being within a continuum withregard to both their population size and the extent of theirnon-agricultural economic base.