THE URBANISATION PROCESS IN CAMEROON -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW -- I.I. INTRODUCTION -- I.II. THE NOTION OF URBANISATION -- I.III. GENERAL PRESENTATION OF CAMEROON -- I.IV. THE CONTEXT OF A CITY AND A TOWN IN CAMEROON -- I.IV.I. The Urbanization Process in Cameroon -- I.IV.II. Origin and Growth of Cameroon Towns -- I.IV.III. Structure of Cameroon Towns -- I.V. FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO URBANISATION IN CAMEROON -- I.V.I. Historical Influence -- I.V.II. Demographic Influence -- I.V.II. Economic Influence -- I.V.III. Administrative Influence -- I.V.IV. Socio-Cultural Influence -- I.V.V. Environmental Influence -- Chapter 2 PATTERNS OF URBANISATION: THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CAMEROON TOWNS -- II.1. THE URBAN FORM AND STRUCTURE -- II.I.I. Some Models of Urban Growth and Development -- II.II. THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF CAMEROON TOWNS -- II.II.I. High Order Towns (Towns above One Million People) -- II.II.II. Intermediate and Low Order Towns -- II.II.III. Culture-Dominated Towns -- II.II.IV. Urban Street Pattern and Communication -- II.III. THE DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF CAMEROON TOWNS -- II.III.I. Age/Sex Groups -- II.III.II. Ethnic and Foreign Composition -- II.III.III. Religious Composition -- II.IV. URBAN PROBLEMS -- II.IV.I. Poor Housing and Building Structure -- II.IV.II. Land Speculation and High Rates of Land Values -- II.IV.III. Transportation (Traffic) Problems and Congestion -- II.IV.IV. Poor Management of Municipal Solid Waste -- II.IV.V. Other Problems Linked to the Urbanisation Process -- Chapter 3 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH STRENGTH OF CAMEROON TOWNS -- III.I. Spatial Distribution of Towns in Cameroon -- III.I.I. The Western Region: -- III.I.II. The Coastal Region: -- III.I.III. The Northern Region:.

III.I.IV. The Centre Region: -- III.I.V. Other Regions: -- III.II. URBAN CENTRES AS GROWTH POLES -- III.II.I. Garoua as a Growth Centre in the Northern Region -- III.II.II. Bafoussam and Bamenda as Growth Centres in the Western Highlands -- III.II.III. Yaounde as a Growth Pole in the Southern Region -- III.II.IV. Douala as a Growth Pole in the Coastal Region -- Chapter 4 URBAN HIERARCHY AND THE SUB-URBANISATION PROCESS IN CAMEROON SINCE 1976 -- IV.I. THE URBAN HIERARCHY IN CAMEROON -- IV.I.I. Scope for Classificatin of the Urban Places -- IV.I.II. Importance of the Hierarchisation of Towns -- IV.II. HIERARCHY OF MAJOR TOWNS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH WEST REGIONS -- IV.III. INTERACTION BETWEEN CITY AND SURROUNDING REGION -- IV.III.I. Factors Determining Urban-Rural Interaction -- IV.III.II. Impact of Rural-Urban Interaction -- IV.IV. THE SUBURBANIZATION PROCESS IN CAMEROON SINCE 1976 -- IV.IV.I. Meaning of Suburbanization -- IV.IV.II. The Implications of Urban Growth -- IV.IV.III. Land Use Problems and Resource Conflicts in Urban Areas -- IV.IV.IV. Issues and Areas for Improvement -- Chapter 5 FEATURES LINKED TO URBANISATION IN CAMEROON -- V.I. URBAN EXPANSION AND CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES -- V.I.I. The Urban Fringe Zone -- V.I.II. The Urban Shadow -- V.I.III. Urban Sprawl -- V.II. PROBLEMS LINKED TO URBANIZATION IN CAMEROON -- V.II.I. The Suburban Problem (Urban Land Use) -- V.II.II. Health, Sanitation and Poor Management of Solid Waste -- V.II.III. The Problems of Slums and Urban Housing -- V.II.IV. The Problem of Urban Transportation -- V.II.V. Poor Planning Control and the Proliferation of Informal Activity -- V.II.VI. Other Problems: Incompatible Land Use Patterns -- V.III. MITIGATING THE PROBLEM OF LAND DEGRADATION -- V.IV. THE FUTURE URBAN LANDSCAPE -- Chapter 6 GROWTH PROSPECTS OF CAMEROON TOWNS.

VI.I. POPULATION GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- VI.II. Spatial Distribution of Urban Centres and Regional Development -- VI.II.I. Development Prospects of Douala -- VI.II.II. Development Prospects of Yaounde -- VI.II.III. Development Prospects of other Towns from a Regional Context -- VI.III. URBAN GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBALISATION -- VI.III.I. Urban Sustainability -- VI.III.II. Urban Growth and Globalisation -- VI.IV. PROSPECTS OF URBANISATION IN CAMEROON -- VI.IV.I. Innovation Diffusion -- VI.IV.II. Migration Spread/Concentration of Decision Making -- VI.IV.III. Population Control -- Chapter 7 AN OVERVIEW OF CITIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- VII.I. DELIMITATION AND FEATURES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- VII.II. URBAN EVOLUTION AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF URΒANISATION -- VII.II.I. Urban Evolution in Sub-Saharan Africa -- VII.II.II. Factors of Growh and Spatial Patterns of Urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- VII.III. MAJOR CITIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA) -- VII.III.I. Nairobi: A City Accommodating a Large Slum -- VII.III.II. Kinshasa: A Fast Growing Capital City -- VII.III.III. Lagos: A Former State Capital -- VII.III.IV. Johannesburg: A Multi-Racial City -- VII. IV. FUTURE URBAN GROWTH AND REGIONAL IMPACT OF CITIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Chapter 8 THE SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION IN CAMEROON -- VIII.I. THE ECONOMY OF CAMEROON CITIES -- VIII.II. OPTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN THE URBANISATION PROCESS -- VII.III. CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.