Small Town Geographies in Africa: Experiences from South Africa and Elsewhere
( African Political, Economic, and Security Issues )
Publication series ：African Political, Economic, and Security Issues
Author： Ronnie Donaldson (University of Stellenbosch South Africa) Lochner Marais (University of the Free State South Africa)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9781621001041
Subject： K9 Geography
Keyword： Africa
Language： ENG
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Description
Urban geographic inquiry has for decades been biased towards a focus on larger cities and metropolitan areas, both in the developed and developing world contexts. Small towns are generally depicted as rural, and many people do not even consider the term urban to be applicable to small towns. The editors of this collection invited scholars from around the world to contribute chapters that explore the developmental challenges of small cities and towns empirically, theoretically and historically in specific urban contexts in Africa.