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• The changing nature of the peri‐urban zone in Africa: Evidence from Dar‐es‐Salaam, Tanzania

  1999

  John A. G. Briggs, Davis Mwamfupe · Scottish Geographical Journal · Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam)

  Drawing on recent evidence from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, this paper suggests that a combination of structural adjustment measures and the eased economic crisis in the 1990s changed conditions, resulting in the increasing commodification of land in the peri-urban zone. This shift transformed the peri-urban zone into an area of investment and economic opportunity, rather than survival, leading to the increasing exclusion of poorer urban groups. Furthermore, confusion arising from current Tanzanian land law, particularly tensions between customary and statutory law, complicates the situation.

  Equity & displacementPeri-urban agricultureEconomicsPolicyUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.1080/00369229918737070

• Determinants and Impact of Integration of Forage Legumes inCrop/Livestock Systems in Peri-Urban Areas of Central Uganda

  1999

  · TSpace (University of Toronto) · Uganda

  The determinants and impact of integrating forage legumes into intensive smallholder crop/livestock systems in peri-urban areas of central Uganda were investigated using an interview schedule with 90 smallholder milk producers and an econometric model. Findings showed that integration is more likely among farmers with less farmland or proximity to milk and input markets. Farmers integrating legumes into elephant grass obtain more herbage that remains greener into the dry season, spend less on artificial insemination services, and their animals have a lower incidence of disease.

  Peri-urban agricultureEconomicsOrganic cycle
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• L'Anti-Alborz : un espace marginal aux portes de Téhéran

  1982

  Bernard Hourcade · Revue Géographique de l Est · Iran (Tehran)

  This research investigates the origins and current economy of the Anti-Alborz region, an arid mountain east of Tehran, Iran. Due to military compounds and royal hunting grounds, the expansion of Tehran has been artificially limited, leaving the Anti-Alborz as a remote area. In this region, urban, agricultural, and pastoral economies are growing in conflictual ways, indicating governance challenges in managing land use and development.

  Governance failureUrban–rural linkageEconomicsPeri-urban agriculture
  Read source →DOI: 10.3406/rgest.1982.1430

• Rurbanisation et analyse des espaces ruraux péri-urbains

  1980

  Martine Berger, Jean-Pierre Frust, Françoise Plet, Marie‐Claire Robic · L’Espace géographique · Global

  The concept of rurbanisation is ambiguous, referring either to population overspill into peripheral rural space or to processes affecting peri-urban rural space that lead to a slackening of urban functions. Studies on peri-urban space focus on land assignment changes, social change, land issues, and the specificity/future of peri-urban agriculture. Peri-urbanisation occurs within interacting systems, including socio-economic, state-specific, and urban region systems.

  Peri-urban agricultureUrban–rural linkagePolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.3406/spgeo.1980.3582