The Theological Implications of Achieving Sustainable Urban Environment in Africa
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction In the last couple of decades, discourses on environmental issues have significantly assumed a new dimension-a shift to the urban areas and cities. This shift is because urban migration has been greatly experienced more than ever before across the globe, including Africa Urban shift-the result of the increased movement of people to urban areas is attributed to the continuous exodus of people from rural to urban areas in search of better jobs and opportunities. In Africa, economic recession has been identified as one of the driving forces to the rapid rate of rural-urban migration. Africa is still very largely rural and agricultural. Approximately about 70 per cent of Africa's poorest live in rural areas, where social amenities which make life more comfortable are not provided. The desire to escape the harsh realities of persistent poverty in rural areas and to enjoy the more comfortable life in the urban cities has accelerated this phenomenon of urban shift.
Author: CO Alokwu
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1480582801