The Peri-Urban Interface : Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 21
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 22
Part 1 The Search for Peri-Urban Resource Sustainability......Page 26
Introduction......Page 28
Between urban and rural: Distinctiveness or hybridity?......Page 29
Beyond the built-up city: The peri-urban interface (PUI) and urban footprints......Page 32
Defining the peri-urban......Page 34
Overview of the book’s contents......Page 37
References......Page 40
Introduction......Page 43
The nature and rates of land cover/land-use change in developing area peri-urban zones......Page 45
Consequences of land cover/land-use changes as induced by materials flows for shelter, manufacturing, infrastructure and transportation: Accumulation of the urban ‘stock’......Page 46
Air and water pollution and soil and land contamination in peri-urban areas, and their health and ecosystem impacts......Page 48
Impacts of water use and hydrological and aquatic ecosystem transformation, and their consequences......Page 49
Political and institutional factors in peri-urban environmental change......Page 50
Conclusions......Page 51
References......Page 53
Beyond conventional dichotomies......Page 55
Bringing the peri-urban interface (PUI) into focus......Page 57
Environmental processes of change in the PUI......Page 60
Conclusions......Page 65
References......Page 66
Introduction......Page 69
Policies with an explicit spatial focus......Page 70
Sectoral policies with no explicit spatial focus......Page 74
Conclusions......Page 77
References......Page 78
Part 2 Production Systems at the Peri-Urban Interface......Page 82
Introduction......Page 84
Historical context......Page 86
Methodology......Page 87
Results and discussion......Page 89
Conclusions......Page 95
Acknowledgements......Page 97
References......Page 98
Introduction......Page 99
Results......Page 107
Atomic Speed Group (ASG): Case study of a successful production group......Page 110
Discussion......Page 112
Potential delivery systems for appropriate information......Page 113
The future: Enhancing private networks through information and communications technology (ICT)......Page 115
References......Page 116
Introduction......Page 119
Methodology......Page 121
Results......Page 122
Discussion......Page 126
References......Page 128
Introduction......Page 129
Fish farming in the Kolkata peri-urban wetlands......Page 131
Existing aquaculture practices in the East Kolkata Wetlands......Page 132
Existing activities under the control of the Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal......Page 134
A conceptual model for the East Kolkata (waste-fed) Wetlands......Page 135
Integrated aquaculture......Page 137
References......Page 138
Introduction......Page 141
Conceptual framework: Examining livelihood sustainability......Page 143
Livelihoods in the peri-urban interface (PUI)......Page 144
A changing Borana pastoralism......Page 145
Capital assets and livelihood strategies of pastoralists in the PUI......Page 148
Livelihood constraints for pastoralists in Yabello’s PUI......Page 151
Conclusions......Page 155
References......Page 156
Introduction......Page 159
Conflicts and change frontiers in the peri-urban interface (PUI)......Page 163
Conclusions......Page 170
References......Page 172
Part 3 Planning and Development of the Peri-Urban Zone......Page 174
What constitutes the peri-urban interface (PUI)?......Page 176
Investigating constraints to achieving sustainability in the PUI......Page 179
References......Page 186
Introduction......Page 190
Gampaha district: An overview......Page 192
Peri-urban development in Gampaha district......Page 195
The cost of peri-urban development......Page 198
Economic and social problems......Page 200
Conclusions......Page 203
References......Page 204
Introduction......Page 206
The Hubli-Dharwad peri-urban interface (PUI)......Page 207
The study area......Page 208
Survey methodology......Page 210
Results and discussion......Page 211
Conclusions and policy recommendations......Page 218
References......Page 219
Introduction......Page 221
Peri-urban Accra......Page 223
Conclusions......Page 232
References......Page 234
Introduction......Page 236
Exploring the sustainability of Kano’s peri-urban zone......Page 238
Urban growth and Kano’s Close-Settled Zone (CSZ): Sustainability under threat?......Page 239
A comparative study along a distance–decay transect......Page 240
Competition for land......Page 242
Soil infertility......Page 244
Soil erosion......Page 245
Changes in tree cover......Page 246
Water quality and peri-urban pollution......Page 249
Conclusions......Page 250
References......Page 252
Part 4 Strategies for Sustainable Development......Page 254
Introduction......Page 256
Research methodology......Page 257
Waste management in peri-urban Kumasi......Page 259
Backyard container composting......Page 260
Policy implications......Page 267
References......Page 268
Introduction......Page 271
Peri-urban areas......Page 272
Mexico City......Page 273
Developing the sustainability indicators of the peri-urban indicators framework......Page 276
Applying indicators to the case study......Page 279
Conclusions and final recommendations......Page 286
References......Page 287
Introduction......Page 291
Sand extraction in Nakuru, Kenya......Page 294
Peri-urban agriculture in Mavoko, near Nairobi......Page 302
Conclusions......Page 308
References......Page 310
Introduction: The Kumasi peri-urban interface (PUI)......Page 312
Environmental degradation in the Kumasi PUI, with particular reference to water resources......Page 315
Dissemination of good practice: Schoolchildren and water quality......Page 319
The Watershed Management Framework (WMF)......Page 320
Feedback from communities on WMF activities......Page 330
Conclusions......Page 331
References......Page 333
Part 5 Synthesis......Page 336
Introduction......Page 338
Peri-urban production systems......Page 340
Peri-urban planning and development......Page 341
Strategies for sustainable development in the peri-urban interface (PUI)......Page 343
Conclusions: Directions for research and the dissemination of new knowledge......Page 344
References......Page 350
Index......Page 351