Rural Development Planning in Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Khayesi, Meleckidzedeck (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Economic development.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Africa-Economic conditions.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; African Politics.; Development Theory.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Development and Health.; African Economics.; Development and Sustainability.

This book applies a range of theories that focus on current concerns in rural Africa. The contributors lay out the conceptualization, analysis, methods, assumptions, perceptions, and ideas considered in each individual case. Specifically, this project inspires research in the field of rural developm...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Encountering African Rural Development Planning
• Chapter 2: Natural and Environmental Resource Management
• Chapter 3: Local Governance
• Chapter 4: Agriculture
• Chapter 5: Financing Rural Development Programmes
• Chapter 6: Small Market and Urban Centres
• Chapter 7: Energy
• Chapter 8: Water
• Chapter 9: Health
• Chapter 10: Physical Activity. .