Mineralised Urbanisation: Rural-Urban Linkages, Migration and Mobility, and the Making and Unmaking of Cities in Africa
Authors: Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, Karen Büscher, and Patience Mususa
“The chapter by Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, Karen Büscher and Patience Mususa describes how mining towns in Southern Africa are strongly characterised by rural-urban linkages and mobilities, which are not only from rural areas but involve multiple directions. These settlements are highly dependent on the nature of the product mined, its market value, and the size of the mineral deposit. In other words, the mineral boom can be short-lived because the mineral is exhausted or because of market volatility.”
( From the Introduction)
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