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dc.contributor.authorTumwesigye, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorVanmaercke, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorHemerijckx, Lisa-Marie
dc.contributor.authorOpio, Alfonse
dc.contributor.authorPoesen, Jean
dc.contributor.authorTwongyirwe, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorRompaey, Anton Van
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-10T08:52:40Z
dc.date.available2022-11-10T08:52:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationTumwesigye, S., Vanmaercke, M., Hemerijckx, L. M., Opio, A., Poesen, J., Twongyirwe, R., & Van Rompaey, A. (2021). Spatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Uganda. Development Southern Africa, 1-21.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2631
dc.description.abstractSub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanising. This urbanisation may contribute to socio-economic development as more people participate in the urban economy. Nevertheless, rapid urbanisation is not always sustainable. Primary cities often grow fast, leaving secondary towns lagging behind with weaker economies. Viable strategies for sustainable urbanisation may therefore also need to focus on developing secondary towns. Nevertheless, very few studies, hitherto, have assessed the (relative) importance of secondary towns in urbanisation process in Sub-Saharan Africa. We aim to address this gap by studying the patterns and explanatory factors of urban population growth in Uganda. Based on a longitudinal analysis of population rank size distribution, we show that the population distribution gap between secondary towns and the primary city is widening. Nevertheless, statistical analyses further indicate that secondary towns with above 50 000 inhabitants have the highest population growth rates. This indicates that future investments should aim at upgrading socio-economic infrastructures in secondary townsen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africaen_US
dc.subjectSustainable urbanisationen_US
dc.subjectRank-size analysisen_US
dc.subjectSecondary townsen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.titleSpatial patterns of urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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