Mountains and urbanization in East Africa / Bernard Charlery de la Masselière, François Bart, Sylvain Racaud, Alain Bonnassieux and Catherine Baron -- The role of small and medium sized towns in Eastern Africa mountains : new opportunities or challenged position? / Helène Mainet and Jean-Charles Edouard -- Moshi (Kilimanjaro, Tanzania) : the urban dynamics of a rural region / François Bart -- On the road from Mbeya to Uporoto highlands and Lake Nyasa lowlands (Tanzania) : mountain transect, rural-urban flows and markets / Sylvain Racaud and François Bart -- Rethinking the future of rural landscapes in relation to cities in the mountain regions of East Africa : case of Mt Elgon in Uganda / Bob Nakileza -- Spatial and temporal changes in land use and cover in the Atari catchment on Mt Elgon slopes / Clare M. Nantumbwe and Moses M. Tenywa -- Spatial interaction between mountains and urban centres in the Mbeya region / Milline J. Mbonile -- The role of planning frameworks in supporting livelihoods activities in Uganda / Charles Edaku -- Between dispossession and resilience : peasant strategies and social change in the central highlands of Kenya / Yves Guillermou / Commercial food crop marketing chains and town food supply in East African mountain regions / Sylvain Racaud -- The dynamics and resilience of periodic markets in the Mt Elgon region Uganda : a geographical perspective / Paul Mukwaya -- Agribusiness in the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of a mountain urban centre : the case of Karatina town, Kenya / Patrick Mbataru -- The role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in small towns in East Africa / Ephantus Kihonge -- Mountain tourism in dynamic settings : challenges and efforts to align tourism to emerging realities in Mt Kenya / Joseph K. Murithi.
Summary:
This book is the result of a long-term cooperation between French and East African scholars and universities under the aegis of the French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi). This book presents the main results of the research program Cooperation for University and Scientific Research (CORUS): Mountains and Small and Medium Cities in East Africa: Environmental Management, Flows of People and Resources, funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and supported by IFRA-Nairobi. The specific subject is to rethink the development of the East African mountains in relation to the fast growing towns and cities that surround them. Three East-African mountains were chosen: Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon (Ugandan side) and Uporoto Mountains (Tanzania). Comparisons are included, especially with Mount Kilimanjaro, which has been studied in previous books and programs (e.g. Kilimanjaro: Mountain, Memory and Modernity, Mkuki na Nyota, Dar es Salaam, 2006). The authors are East African (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya) and French scholars, most of them geographers. Made from 12 contributions, this book focuses on a recent change in those mountains: a growing urbanization which shapes new mountain systems. This phenomenon, which is actually a major upheaval, is the focal point of this book, giving rise to this question: what are the links between Rural-Urban evolution in such contexts? What are the impacts on livelihoods and development? This book, covering social and environmental scientific issues relating to Rural-Urban nature, is the first of its kind for African mountains.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.