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Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for Smart Villages (Paperback)
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Some 7.3 billion people currently live on the planet. Of these, 3.4
billion live in rural areas. In just a few regions-Latin America,
the Middle East and North Africa-less than 50 per cent of poverty
is now located in rural areas. But for the rest of the world's
regions between 55 per cent and 80 per cent of the poor continue to
live in the countryside. Progress is being made, but much of the
knowhow needed is not disseminated outside of a small coterie of
professionals who work in the area. With urban development
attracting a great deal of attention lately, poorer rural areas
deserve the same and new knowledge for empowerment of rural
communities is urgently needed. This book provides an overview of
current thinking and practices that have emerged over the last
thirty years for uplifting rural communities in developing
economies. Drawing on a body of knowledge across a spectrum of
relevant disciplines, this book provides a range of innovative
ideas for rural planning, housing and infrastructure development.
Governments in many emerging economies, where rural poverty is
often most acute, have attempted to improve livelihoods. Approaches
and techniques that have been used for urban development are often
not applicable to rural communities. Studies show that money
allocated for rural development is often not effectively spent due
to distance, lack of infrastructure, lack of education, poverty and
other factors. Meanwhile, the gap in development between the city
and country continues to grow, sometimes leading to social and
political instability, in both developing and developed countries.
This book seeks to provide a guidebook for meeting such challenges.
Through in-depth enquiry of global practices and thinking about
rural development, and selected case studies, the authors argue
that careful consideration must be given to incorporating issues of
resilience, resourcefulness and the involvement of communities at
grassroots levels in realising the transformation of rural
settlements into Smart Villages.
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