Urbanisation reshapes gendered engagement in land-based livelihood activities in mid-sized African towns:

Shackleton, Charlie M; Drescher, Axel W; Schlesinger, Johannes

Title: Urbanisation reshapes gendered engagement in land-based livelihood activities in mid-sized African towns:
Creator: Shackleton, Charlie M
Creator: Drescher, Axel W
Creator: Schlesinger, Johannes
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176346
Identifier: vital:42686
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104946
Description: Most sub-Saharan African countries are experiencing accelerating rates of urban migration, which bring with it many opportunities and challenges for migrating households, urban planners, governments and local and national economies. At the household level urbanisation may drive changes in the allocation of household labour and consequently social and economic relations. Yet how these are manifest in land-based livelihood strategies of arable cropping, livestock husbandry and the collection of wild products in urban settings has rarely been considered. Here we examine the changing participation rates in land-based livelihood activities by male- and female-headed households along the rural–urban continua of six sub-Saharan African secondary towns. To capture the gendered changes in land-based livelihood strategies along the urban–rural continuum, 1156 randomly selected households were sampled along transects radiating out from the urban through the periurban to rural surrounds. Participation in different land-based livelihood strategies was recorded by means of a questionnaire.
Format: 10 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: World Development
Relation: Shackleton, C.M., Drescher, A. and Schlesinger, J., 2020. Urbanisation reshapes gendered engagement in land-based livelihood activities in mid-sized African towns. World Development, 130, p.104946
Relation: World Development volume 130 number p. 104946 2020 0305-750X
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