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John Turner's theory of intra-urban mobility and the African reality. Examples from East and West Africa

Auteurs :
KLIEST, P. J.
SCHEFFER, H. R.

Description :
The purpose of this paper is to discover whether Turner's Latin American model of intra-urban mobility also applies to Sub-Saharan Africa. The often temporary nature of rural-to-urban migration, the operation of ethnic networks in the city, the role of the extended family in the integration of migrants and the specific patterns of landownership in the peripheral zones around African cities strongly suggest that the Latin American models is of little value for explaining the African reality. (Revue).


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie Rotterdam, 1981, vol. 72, n°. 5, p. 258-265, Références bibliographiques : 24 réf.

Date :
1981

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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