Roberta Nicchia

Planning African rural towns

The case of Caia and Sena, Mozambique

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the last few years academic research and urban development projects have underlined the important role of African small towns in promoting the growth of the surrounding rural areas and in reversing the polarization trend of major urban centres. Nevertheless, exploring the particular nature of these towns which the majority of African population lives in or refers to is still an unsolved issue. This book describes the main characteristics and urbanization trends of African rural towns. These are defined as a particular typology of human settlement that is characterized by a hybrid settlement pattern, in which persisting elements of the rural world melt together with emerging urban features. Moreover, a conceptual and methodological framework is proposed, that aims to support the spatial planning activity in the rural towns of local administrators and technicians, to whom recent public sector reforms have assigned this responsibility for the first time. The research is based on accurate literature review and in-the-field research that was conducted by the author in Caia and Sena, two small towns situated in the rural Mozambique.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9783846521212
• ISBN-10: 3846521213
• Artikelnr.: 34373922

Autorenporträt

Roberta Nicchia is an architect, has a PhD degree in Environmental Engineering and collaborates with the research group on Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Trento. Her major areas of interest are urbanization and housing in developing countries. Recently, she participated in the elaboration of the master plan of Sena, Mozambique.