Whatever Happened to Africa’s Rapid Urbanisation?
Whatever Happened to Africa’s Rapid Urbanisation?
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非洲快速城市化发生了什么？
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2012
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D. Potts
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人们普遍认为，随着移民从农村向城市定居点迁移，撒哈拉以南非洲的城市化速度比世界上任何其他地方都要快。这是一个谬论。虽然许多城市地区的人口正在快速增长，但许多国家的城市化水平却在缓慢增长。自然增长，而不是净迁入，是大多数城市人口的主要增长因素。非洲各国政府、政策制定者和国际捐助者需要认识到城市化趋势的根本变化，并对这些趋势传递的有关城市就业、收入和经济发展的无可辩驳的信息做出回应。
It is widely believed that urbanisation is occurring faster in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world, as migrants move from rural to urban settlements. This is a fallacy. While the populations of numerous urban areas are growing rapidly, the urbanisation levels of many countries are increasing slowly – if at all. Natural increase, rather than net in-migration, is the predominant growth factor in most urban populations. African governments, policymakers and international donors need to acknowledge fundamental changes in urbanisation trends, and respond to the irrefutable messages these impart about urban employment, incomes and economic development.