Urban-rural ties in West Africa: extent, interpretation, prospects, and implications

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Title:	Urban-rural ties in West Africa: extent, interpretation, prospects, and implications
Authors:	Gugler, Josef Flanagan, William G.
Year:	1978
Periodical:	African Perspectives
Issue:	1
Pages:	67-78
Language:	English
Geographic term:	West Africa
Subject:	urbanization
Abstract:	There is a growing impatience among many analysts to herald the passing of the importance of urban-rural ties because urbanization in Subsaharan Africa will have reached some later stage. However, the question of urban-rural ties, their nature and operation, continues to deserve empirical monitoring as well as theoretical attention. focusing on West Africa, the A's establish a more solid basis for future research by reviewing the evidence available to date, offering their interpretation of the observed pattern, exploring the prospects for a rupture of the urban-rural connection, and briefly outlining major implications. Tables; ref.