The Peri-Urban Interface : Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

Peri-urban interfaces - the zones 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 degradation of farmland. These areas, home to hundreds of millions of people, face unique problems and need distinctive 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 resource.  Read more... Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part 1 The Search for Peri-Urban Resource Sustainability; Chapter 1 Contemporary Perspectives on the Peri-Urban Zones of Cities in Developing Areas; Chapter 2 Peri-Urban Ecosystems and Societies: Transitional Zones and Contrasting Values; Chapter 3 Understanding Environmental Change in the Context of RuralUrban Interactions; Chapter 4 Falling between Stools? Policies, Strategies and the Peri-Urban Interface; Part 2 Production Systems at the Peri-Urban Interface. Chapter 5 The Environmental and Social Impacts of Peri-Urban Irrigated Vegetable Production around Jos, NigeriaChapter 6 Horticulture and Market Information at the Peri-Urban Interface: Agricultural Marketing in Tanzania; Chapter 7 Livelihoods from Dairying Enterprises for the Landless in the Peri-Urban Interface around Hubli-Dharwad, India; Chapter 8 Waste-Fed Fisheries in Peri-Urban Kolkata; Chapter 9 Alternative Strategies