The Earthscan reader in rural-urban linkages / edited by Cecilia Tacoli.

Includes index.

Small urban centres and large villages : the habitat for much of the world's low-income population / David Satterthwaite -- Survival and accumulation strategies at the rural-urban interface in North-West Tanzania / Jonathan Baker -- Changing rural-urban Linkages in Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania / Mahmoud Bah ... [et al.]. -- Evolving rural-urban relations and livelihoods /Jonathan Rigg -- Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa : agriculture, urbanization and income growth / Mary Tiffen -- A regional network strategy for reciprocal rural-urban linkages : an agenda for policy research with reference to Indonesia / Mike Douglass -- The role of small and intermediate urban centres in regional and rural development : assumptions and evidence / David Satterthwaite and Cecilia Tacoli -- The small town and urban context / Richard Kirkby, Ian Bradbury and Guanbao Shen -- Environmental perceptions, social class and demographic change in Mexico City : a comparative approach / Haydea Izazola, Carolina Martínez and Catherine Marquette -- Improved livelihoods in improved watersheds : can migration be mitigated? / Priya Deshingkar -- Taking advantage of rural assets as a coping strategy for the urban poor : the case of rural-urban interrelations in Botswana / Fred Krüger -- Urban agriculture in the metropolitan zone of Mexico City : changes over time in urban, suburban and peri-urban areas / H. Losada ... [et al.]. -- The politics of urban-rural relations : land use conversion in the Philippines / Philip F. Kelly -- Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity : what urban economics leaves out / William E. Rees -- An overview of urban environmental burdens at three scales : intra-urban, urban-regional and global / Gordon McGranahan.