Subproject

E14c - Sustainable Use and Management of Biodiversity for Rural Livelihoods: Economic Development in a Peripheral Region

Workpackage

WP2: Exploring the Potential of Rural-Urban Linkages as Catalysts of Regional Economic Development

Project leader(s)

Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel (Project Leader)
Dr. Ute Rietdorf (Coordinator)
Bethuel Kinuthia (PhD Student)
Daniel Huba Opondo (Master Student)

Project description

In view of current climate change and the need to ensure sustainable development in the long run, capacities to adapt to environmental stress and possible irreversible changes in the status of natural resources have to be evaluated. These very much depend on the existence of linkages to economic sectors outside agriculture, on the access to networks with support structures, and on the interconnectedness of actors across different strata. Work package 2 is explicitly concerned with this spatial interface, leading to acknowledgements of regional, social-environmental interdependencies.

Keywords

Business linkages; entrepreneurial networks; economic linkages; regional development

Contribution to
cross-cutting themes (CCT)

• Capacity building and information policy at local, national,and international levels (Theme5)

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