The development process : a spatial perspective / / Akin L. Mabogunje

• Autore: Mabogunje Akin L.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/001
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Space in economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published in 1980 by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part One: Orientation; 2 Defining development; Development as economic growth; Development as modernization; Development as distributive justice; Development as socio-economic transformation; The nature of underdevelopment; 3 Geographic space and development; Space as part of socio-economic formation; Defining spatial structure; Elements of spatial organization; Development as spatial reorganization ; Part Two: Rural Development4 Collapse of traditional rural structures; Traditional rural structures in Africa; The impact of colonial exploitation; Effects on the traditional rural structure; Post-colonial aggravation of rural conditions; 5 The nature of rural development; A critique of rural development projects; The nature of rural spatial reorganization; Social relations in spatial reorganization; 6 Strategy of rural development; Conceptual basis for the strategy of the 'big push'; Empirical evidence: Britain, United States, Soviet Union, China, Tanzania; Part Three: Urban Development ; 7 Emergent urbanizationTypology of colonial urbanization; Colonial impact on the traditional urban economy; Post-colonial urbanization and import-substituting industrialization; Emergent urban systems in underdeveloped countries; Patterns of urbanization; 8 Urban crisis of underdevelopment; Growth of the urban population; Urban unemployment and the growth of the informal sector; Environmental problems of cities in underdeveloped countries; Social alienation and urban management; 9 Urban system and national development; The conceptual basis of urban development ; Demand factors in the strategy of urbanizationTechnological choices and industrial development; Programme of urban development; Urban planning and management; Part Four: National Integration; 10 Integrating the national population; Population growth; Population density; The concept of a human carrying capacity; The role of social development; Population mobility and spatial interaction; Population planning and national integration; 11 Information flows; The nature of information; Network of information channels; Information flow and popular mobilization ; Developing a control information system12 Movements of goods and services; Colonial spatial integrative strategy; A model of transportation development; Transportation for self-centred development; Organizing the flow of goods and services; 13 External relations; Problems of external dependent relations; The role of multinational corporations; The metropolitan interests; The constraints of future global resources; The concept of selective closure; The imperative of regional organizations; 14 Conclusion; The investment-mobilization distinction; The ideological smokescreen ; The question of class analysis
• Titolo autorizzato: The development process
• ISBN: 1-315-65848-8; 1-317-33119-2; 1-317-33118-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460605003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography