Strengthening Rural-Urban Interactions as a Contemporary Paradigm to Sustainable Development in Africa

Download or read book Strengthening Rural-Urban Interactions as a Contemporary Paradigm to Sustainable Development in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural-urban linkages, according to UN-HABITAT (2010), include flows of agricultural and other commodities on the one hand from rural-based producers to urban markets to serve the needs of the urbanites and to the regional, national and international markets, and on the other hand in the opposite direction, flows of manufactured and imported goods from urban centres to rural settlements. [...] Also, the study examines the implications of these interactions in the light of regional integration and growth of the region. [...] However, due to the cosmopolitan nature of Kumba, the division is host to different ethnic groups like the Bamelike, the Bayangs, the Bakossis', the Irokos' and, amongst others, the Igbo tribe from Nigeria. [...] The population of study in the rural areas were stratified into three: the cash crop farmers, the food crop farmers and retailers, while for the urban areas the major areas of interest within the Kumba urban area were the urban market, cash 171Ayuk-Nkem: Strengthening Rural-Urban Interactions crop buyers, administrative functions and the hospital. [...] These movements show the extent of coverage of the hospital and thus the need to strengthen the links between the urban and rural areas of Kumba and Meme division as a whole.