Rural and urban densification Continues
Losch B., Magrin G.. 2016. In : Pesche Denis (ed.), Losch Bruno (ed.), Imbernon Jacques (ed.). A new emerging rural world - an overview of rural change in Africa. Montpellier : Cirad, Nepad, p. 16-17.
The African continent is vast with an unequally distributed population. It has experienced high population growth over the last 50 years, which has corrected its former demographic deficit. If current dynamics continue, the results will be population densification, with serious implications for the relationship between people and natural resources, and changes to territorial configurations.
Mots-clés : croissance de la population; densité de population; démographie; population rurale; population urbaine; zone rurale; zone urbaine; relation ville campagne; migration; urbanisation; fertilité
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