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SummaryTourism and Urbanization of the CountrysideIn the process of urbanization of the countryside tourism plays an increasingly important role and introduces certain traits which are characteristic of the urban society 'at leisure'. This offers the rural society an opportunity for an evolution which is completely different from the past. Tourism brings new types of social relations, creating groups which are functionally differentiated. Some groups promote an adaptation to the urban civilization and a break‐up of the rural homogeneity, by bringing another culture into the receiving system. The analysis of a typical case, that of winter sports, gives an example of the implications and the significance for the future of rural society of the contacts in the field of recreation between the city and the countryside.

This study answers the socio-demographic trends with the increasing urbanization in Nigeria. The first part focusses on trends of natural increase with emphasis on trends in fertility and its correlates and on mortality trends. The second part reviews studies on migration and on the basis of findings, the final section assesses the contribution of either of the variables to city growth in Nigeria

The paper discusses the relationship between economic growth and urbanisation and asks how these links will affect South African urbanisation patterns