GEOG 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sub-Saharan Africa
10 Apr 2013
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Exploring mobility & migration in context of rural-urban linkages: why gender & generation matter. Rural urban linkages in sub-saharan africa & s. e. How mobility and migration intersect w the changing relations b/w rural and urban areas, ppl & activities, and transform livelihoods & power inequalities at intra and inter-household levels. Mobility: one response to the unequal spatial distrib of resources, markets and employment opportunities: key element of livelihood strategies, based on access to assets mediated by political/economic etc. systems reflecting power relations b/w groups. How diff groups rely on rural and urban-based assets and resources to adapt their livelihoods to changing context and how policies can best support these transformations whilst identifying negative impacts. Livelihood strategy studies usually use household as unit of analysis (neglects diffs w/i household: attention to gender and generation diffs determine access to/power over the use of resources. Gender and generation in the findings from the case studies.
