The changing urban-rural interface of African cities: definitional issues and an application to Kumasi, Ghana
The changing urban-rural interface of African cities: definitional issues and an application to Kumasi, Ghana
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DOI：
10.1177/095624780401600214
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Nsiah-Gyabaah, K
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作者：
Simon, D;McGregor, D;Nsiah-Gyabaah, K
这篇文章讨论了研究人员和国际机构对更好地了解非洲的城乡接口日益增长的兴趣。它还说明了这一界面的主要特征和相关的定义问题，借鉴了对加纳库马西市周围八个村庄的研究。所有村庄都有与库马西有关的变革进程，尽管变化的程度各不相同，例如，土地商业化程度及其住房用途、基础设施的提供以及劳动力在非农业工作或通勤到库马西的比例。村庄变化的程度受到距离或可达性以外的许多因素的影响，包括村庄是否在库马西的边界之内，当地居民在与当地政府谈判中的权力，以及新移民最容易获得土地定居的地方。这支持了城市对城市周边地区影响的非线性和非均匀梯度的概念。
This paper discusses the growing interest among researchers and international agencies in better understanding the rural-urban interface in Africa. It also illustrates the key features of this interface and associated definitional issues, drawing on research in eight villages around the city of Kumasi in Ghana. All villages had processes of change linked to Kumasi, although with very different degrees of for instance, the extent of land commercialization and its use for housing, the provision for infrastructure, and the proportion of the workforce in non-agricultural work or commuting to Kumasi. The extent of the changes in villages was influenced by many factors other than distance or accessibility, including whether the village was within Kumasi's boundaries, the power of local inhabitants in negotiations with local government, and where land for settlement by new migrants was most readily available. This supports the concept of a non-linear and non-uniform gradient of urban influences on peri-urban areas.