Changing rural–urban linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania

Bah, Mahmoud; Cissé, Salmana; Diyamett, Bitrina; Diallo, Gouro; Lerise, Fred; Okali, D. U. U.; Okpara, Enoch; Olawoye, Janice; Tacoli, Cecilia

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“…Social factors represent demography, health, education, possession of skills, and social network. Demographic aspects such as age, gender, health, and education likely to affect the access to material assets such as tools, technology, and understanding of the different market process [40,84]. These demographic aspects also affect mobility patterns [62].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Economic factors represent income level, occupational structures, number of earning members, access to land and resources, and type of production in agriculture [39,40]. Income level affects the demand for urban goods and hence alters the interaction between rural and urban settlements [42,59].…”

Section: Economicmentioning

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“…Institutional factors refer to governance and institutional structure [40]. Institutions are mainly based in cities and regulate flows between rural areas and cities.…”

Section: Institutionalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Limited access as well as damages resulting from floods to farm-market roads, sanitation facilities, water supply, telecommunication, and electricity services, increase vulnerability [73,101]. In South Asian and African countries, poor and/or damaged infrastructure restricts the mobility of rural households, increases transportation cost, hinders rescue and relief operations, affects the information exchange between cities and rural areas in the case of the flood event [5,40,82]. Damages to the basic village health centers and education facilities also increase the susceptibility of rural households in Bangladesh [119].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Spatial and regional development theories have acknowledged linkages between rural and urban areas on the basis of social, economic, and physical development of rural areas (see for example, [39][40][41][42][43][44][45]). Srivastava and Shaw [46] emphasized that rural-urban linkages should not only be considered from spatial development perspectives but also how these linkages behave in the case of a flood or other hazard situation.…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

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Rural areas are highly vulnerable to floods due to limited social, economic, and physical resources. Understanding rural vulnerability is vital for developing effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Even though rural areas and cities are intrinsically linked, rural vulnerability was assessed without considering its relation to cities. Numerous theoretical frameworks on systemizing and assessing vulnerability were developed with varying level of scope and depth in terms of scale, dimensions, and components. Nevertheless, these frameworks did not explicitly mention the impact of flood or other hazards on the linkages between spatial units i.e., rural and urban. This study aims to understand and conceptualize the rural vulnerability with respect to the dynamics of rural–urban linkages in the case of flood events. To do so, current literature on rural–urban linkages, vulnerability, as well as factors that influence them were critically reviewed. Taking into account the main elements of rural–urban linkages (flow of people, information, finances, goods and services), components of vulnerability (exposure, susceptibility, and capacity), and factors (social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, spatial, and environmental), a unified framework is proposed. The framework underscores that the role of rural–urban linkages is essential to fully understand rural flood vulnerability. Moreover, the framework highlights the role of spatial factors—city size and proximity to the city—as crucial to comprehend rural vulnerability. This framework can be used as a tool for understanding multifaceted rural vulnerability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction considering spatial development perspective. In this context, empirical investigations can be made to validate the proposed framework and policies can be introduced accordingly. Overall, the proposed framework can help recognize concepts and links of vulnerability, rural–urban dependencies, and rural development dynamics.

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“…Institutional factors refer to governance and institutional structure [40]. Institutions are mainly based in cities and regulate flows between rural areas and cities.…”

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Multi‐Local Livelihoods and Food Security in Rural Africa

Djurfeldt

2014

J of Intl Development

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This article analyses household‐based food transfers as an expression of multi‐local livelihoods. Transfers of maize outside the co‐resident household unit are analysed on the basis of data from 2857 smallholder households across nine African countries. The study complements a growing interest in the role of food transfers for urban food security, through considering the food security implications for sending households. Food transfers in the top income quintile consist of distributing surplus production, whereas in the lower quintiles, transfers clearly compromise the food security of the sending households. The spatial mismatch between household production and consumption points to the need for development strategies that consider these wider subsistence obligations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Steinbrink

Niedenführ

2019

Springer Geography

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Changing rural–urban linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

Multi‐Local Livelihoods and Food Security in Rural Africa

Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

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