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SUMMARY:Labels and definitions: reflections on urban dynamics in sub-Sahar
 an Africa - Dr Deborah Potts (Reader in Human Geography\, KCL) 
DTSTART:20160118T170000Z
DTEND:20160118T183000Z
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:Thinking about urban dynamics and processes in any society is 
 very much influenced by what is deemed rural or urban\, or even whether we
  are simply discussing a spectrum from ‘rural’ to increasingly ‘urba
 n’ settlements with no clear cutoffs.  Labels and definitions matter if 
 only to enable effective discussion. There are often good justifications f
 or different positions on what ‘urban’ means and different starting po
 ints can all lead to thoughtful insights about what is going on.  However 
 debates can be tedious or misleading if differing premises are not recogni
 zed.  Different settlement types can have many different implications for 
 ‘development’ although much of the work in sub-Saharan Africa tends to
  focus on the economic implications. \n\nThis seminar will reflect on some
  of these issues\, drawing on examples of widely differing interpretations
  of urban dynamics in Eastern and Southern African countries.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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