Peri-Urban Interface

by McGregor, Duncan; Simon, David; Thompson, Donald A.

• ISBN13: 9781844071876
• ISBN10: 1844071871
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

* The only comprehensive book on peri-urban (rural-urban) areas of the developing world, home to hundreds of millions of people; written by the leading researchers and practitioners in the field * Complete coverage of core topics including resource sustainability, livelihoods, agriculture, urbanization, planning, and governance, and future action plans for research and problem solving * Vast case material from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean Peri-urban interfaces--the places where urban and rural areas meet--suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning, and agriculture land degradation. These areas, home to hundreds of millions of people, face unique problems and need unique and innovative approaches and solutions. This book, authored by top researchers and practitioners, covers the full breadth and depth of the impacts of rapid urbanization on livelihoods, poverty, and resources in the peri-urban zone, and lays out strategies for researching and overcoming these problems and promoting truly sustainable natural and human resource development.

Author Biography

Duncan McGregor is Senior Lecturer in Geography, David Simon is Professor of Development Geography and Donald Thompson is the Geography Department's Skills and IT Training Officer at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	x
List of Contributors	xiv
Acknowledgements	xx
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xxi
Part 1 The Search for Peri-Urban Resource Sustainability	1	(56)
Contemporary Perspectives on the Peri-Urban Zones of Cities in Developing Countries	3	(15)
David Simon
Duncan McGregor
Donald Thompson
Introduction	3	(1)
Between urban and rural: Distinctiveness or hybridity?	4	(3)
Beyond the built-up city: The peri-urban interface (PUI) and urban footprints	7	(2)
Defining the peri-urban	9	(3)
Overview of the book's contents	12	(6)
Peri-Urban Ecosystems and Societies: Transitional Zones and Contrasting Values	18	(12)
Ian Douglas
Introduction	18	(2)
The nature and rates of land cover/land-use change in developing area peri-urban zones	20	(1)
Peri-urban land cover/land-use changes and their origins in processes of migration, poverty and providing basic human needs	21	(1)
Consequences of land cover/land-use changes as induced by materials flows for shelter, manufacturing, infrastructure and transportation: Accumulation of the urban `stock'	21	(2)
Air and water pollution and soil and land contamination in peri-urban areas, and their health and ecosystem impacts	23	(1)
Impacts of water use and hydrological and aquatic ecosystem transformation, and their consequences	24	(1)
Ecology and biodiversity of peri-urban areas: Resilience and response particularly in stressed environments	25	(1)
Political and institutional factors in peri-urban environmental change	25	(1)
Conclusions	26	(4)
Understanding Environmental Change in the Context of Rural--Urban Interactions	30	(14)
Adriana Allen
Beyond conventional dichotomies	30	(2)
Bringing the peri-urban interface (PUI) into focus	32	(3)
Environmental processes of change in the PUI	35	(5)
Conclusions	40	(4)
Falling between Stools? Policies, Strategies and the Peri-Urban Interface	44	(13)
Julio Davila
Introduction	44	(1)
Policies with an explicit spatial focus	45	(4)
Sectoral policies with no explicit spatial focus	49	(3)
Conclusions	52	(5)
Part 2 Production Systems at the Peri-Urban Interface	57	(92)
The Environmental and Social Impacts of Peri-Urban Irrigated Vegetable Production around Jos, Nigeria	59	(15)
Frances Harris
Margaret Pasquini
Jasper Dung
Alhaji Adepetu
Introduction	59	(2)
Historical context	61	(1)
Methodology	62	(2)
Results and discussion	64	(6)
Conclusions	70	(4)
Horticulture and Market Information at the Peri-Urban Interface: Agricultural Marketing in Tanzania	74	(20)
Kenneth Lynch
Nigel Poole
Introduction	74	(8)
Results	82	(3)
Atomic Speed Group (ASG): Case study of a successful production group	85	(2)
Discussion	87	(1)
Potential delivery systems for appropriate information	88	(2)
The future: Enhancing private networks through information and communications technology (ICT)	90	(1)
Enhancing livelihoods	91	(3)
Livelihoods from Dairying Enterprises for the Landless in the Peri-Urban Interface around Hubli-Dharwad, India	94	(10)
Robert M. Brook
Prakash Bhat
Anil Nitturkar
Introduction	94	(2)
Methodology	96	(1)
Results	97	(4)
Discussion	101	(3)
Waste-Fed Fisheries in Peri-Urban Kolkata	104	(12)
Madhumita Mukherjee
Introduction	104	(2)
Fish farming in the Kolkata peri-urban wetlands	106	(1)
Existing aquaculture practices in the East Kolkata Wetlands	107	(2)
Existing activities under the control of the Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal	109	(1)
A conceptual model for the East Kolkata (waste-fed) Wetlands	110	(2)
Integrated aquaculture	112	(1)
Conclusions	113	(3)
Alternative Strategies in Alternative Spaces: Livelihoods of Pastoralists in the Peri-Urban Interface of Yabello, Southern Ethiopia	116	(18)
Edlam Aberra
Introduction	116	(2)
Conceptual framework: Examining livelihood sustainability	118	(1)
Livelihoods in the peri-urban interface (PUI)	119	(1)
A changing Borana pastoralism	120	(3)
Capital assets and livelihood strategies of pastoralists in the PUI	123	(3)
Livelihood constraints for pastoralists in Yabello's PUI	126	(4)
Conclusions	130	(4)
Sustainable Livelihoods in the Peri-Urban Interface: Anse La Raye, St Lucia	134	(15)
Michelle Mycoo
Introduction	134	(4)
Conflicts and change frontiers in the peri-urban interface (PUI)	138	(7)
Conclusions	145	(4)
Part 3 Planning and Development of the Peri-Urban Zone	149	(80)
The Inevitable Illusiveness of `Sustainability' in the Peri-Urban Interface: The case of Harare	151	(14)
Tanya A. S. Bowyer-Bower
What constitutes the peri-urban interface (PUI)?	151	(3)
Investigating constraints to achieving sustainability in the PUI	154	(7)
Conclusions	161	(4)
Peri-Urban Development in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka	165	(16)
Nimal Dangalle
Anders Narman
Introduction	165	(2)
Objective	167	(1)
Gampaha district: An overview	167	(3)
Peri-urban development in Gampaha district	170	(3)
The cost of peri-urban development	173	(2)
Economic and social problems	175	(3)
Conclusions	178	(3)
The National Highway Bypass around Hubli-Dharwad and Its Impact on Peri-Urban Livelihoods	181	(15)
Kiran C. Shindhe
Introduction	181	(1)
The Hubli-Dharwad peri-urban interface (PUI)	182	(1)
The study area	183	(2)
Survey methodology	185	(1)
Results and discussion	186	(7)
Conclusions and policy recommendations	193	(3)
Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Management in Peri-Urban Accra, Ghana	196	(15)
Katherine Gough
Paul Yankson
Introduction	196	(2)
Peri-urban Accra	198	(9)
Conclusions	207	(4)
Re-evaluating People-Environment Relationships at the Rural-Urban Interface: How Sustainable Is the Peri-Urban Zone in Kano, Northern Nigeria?	211	(18)
Tony Binns
Roy Maconachie
Introduction	211	(2)
Exploring the sustainability of Kano's peri-urban zone	213	(1)
Urban growth and Kano's Close-Settled Zone (CSZ): Sustainability under threat?	214	(1)
A comparative study along a distance--decay transect	215	(2)
Competition for land	217	(2)
Soil infertility	219	(1)
Soil erosion	220	(1)
Changes in tree cover	221	(3)
Water quality and peri-urban pollution	224	(1)
Conclusions	225	(4)
Part 4 Strategies for Sustainable Development	229	(82)
Community-Based Waste Management Strategies: Peri-Urban Interface, Kumasi, Ghana	231	(15)
Abdullah Adam-Bradford
Duncan McGregor
David Simon
Introduction	231	(1)
Research methodology	232	(2)
Waste management in peri-urban Kumasi	234	(1)
Backyard container composting	235	(7)
Policy implications	242	(1)
Conclusions	243	(3)
Measuring Sustainability in Peri-Urban Areas: Case Study of Mexico City	246	(20)
Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez
Introduction	246	(1)
Peri-urban areas	247	(1)
Mexico City	248	(3)
Developing the sustainability indicators of the peri-urban indicators framework	251	(3)
Applying indicators to the case study	254	(7)
Conclusions and final recommendations	261	(5)
Promoting the Interests of the Poor in the Peri-Urban Interface: The Experience of the Intermediate Technology Development Group in Kenya	266	(21)
Lucy Stevens
Rachel Berger
Michael K. Kinyanjui
Introduction	266	(3)
Sand extraction in Nakuru, Kenya	269	(8)
Peri-urban agriculture in Mavoko, near Nairobi	277	(6)
Conclusions	283	(4)
A Co-Management Approach to Sustainable Watershed Utilization: Peri-Urban Kumasi, Ghana	287	(24)
Duncan McGregor
David Simon
Donald Thompson
James Quashie-Sam
Sampson Edusah
Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah
Introduction: The Kumasi peri-urban interface (PUI)	287	(3)
Environmental degradation in the Kumasi PUI, with particular reference to water resources	290	(5)
The Watershed Management Framework (WMF)	295	(10)
Feedback from communities on WMF activities	305	(1)
Conclusions	306	(5)
Part 5 Synthesis	311	(15)
The Peri-Urban Interface in Developing Areas: The Research Agenda	313	(13)
Duncan McGregor
David Simon
Donald Thompson
Introduction	313	(2)
Peri-urban production systems	315	(1)
Peri-urban planning and development	316	(2)
Strategies for sustainable development in the peri-urban interface (PUI)	318	(1)
Conclusions: Directions for research and the dissemination of new knowledge	319	(7)
Index	326