Comparative Cultural Geography: Empirical evidence on processes of integration in rural Bolivia, Ivory Coast and Indonesia

Abstract: In many tropical countries, areas of natural forest are currently being further cleared and cultivated in order to offer opportunities for development to a growing population. The question arises as to how the migrants affect local structures within the context of their cultural, social and economic activities and hence influence the use of land. In order to examine this question, it is necessary to consider how socio-cultural co-existence and economic relations in the settlements between migrants of differing origins and ethnic groups manifest themselves. Therefore this article compares processes of integration in selected settlement areas in Bolivia, Ivory Coast and Indonesia. The comparative study is based on an empirical survey, which is geared to the sociological theory on integration. The approach follows ESSER's concept of Integration (2001) which formulates clear criteria for the analysis. According to these criteria, aspects of systems integration (economy, politics, socie.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2564

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Comparative Cultural Geography: Empirical evidence on processes of integration in rural Bolivia, Ivory Coast and Indonesia ; volume:60 ; number:3 ; year:2006 ; Erdkunde ; 60, Heft 3 (2006)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Faust, Heiko

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2006.03.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281833567.151610254789
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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