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Study conducted at Kurnul District of Andhra Pradesh, India

Intro -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Overview of the Book -- 1.2 Why This Book Was Written -- 1.3 Who Should Read This Book -- 1.4 A Note on Sources -- 1.5 Structure of the Book -- References -- 2: Nigeria's Urbanisation History, Trends, Drivers and Implications -- 2.1 Urban Settlements and Urbanisation: Conceptual Clarification -- 2.2 Brief Historical Context of Urbanisation in Nigeria -- 2.3 Urban Data, Trends and Scale of Contemporary Urbanisation -- 2.3.1 GRUMP Dataset -- 2.3.2 WorldPop Dataset -- 2.3.3 Africapolis Dataset -- 2.3.4 United Nations World Urbanisation Prospects -- 2.3.5 Urbanisation Trends -- 2.3.6 Density and Expansion of Urban Frontiers -- 2.4 What Is Driving Urbanisation in Nigeria? -- 2.5 Cities as Forces of Transformation -- 2.6 A Diagnosis of Challenges Confronting Nigerian Cities and Urban Dwellers -- 2.7 Urbanisation and the Crime Challenge -- References -- 3: The Criminal Justice System: Actors, Processes and Policies -- 3.1 The Colonial Foundations of the Nigerian Criminal Justice System -- 3.2 Legal Frameworks for Criminal Proceedings in Nigeria -- 3.2.1 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 -- 3.2.2 Criminal Procedure Act (CPA) and Criminal Procedure Laws of the Various States of the Federation -- 3.2.3 Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and Criminal Procedure Code Laws of the Various States -- 3.2.4 Criminal Procedure Code Act Cap 491, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 -- 3.2.5 Criminal Code Act Cap C 38 Laws of the Federation 2004 and Criminal Code Laws of the Southern States -- 3.2.6 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004 -- 3.2.7 Recovery of Public Property (Special Provisions) Act.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- 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 -- 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.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 -- 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

This report provides a new perspective on Africa's urban economies that is unique in its breadth and level of detail. Based on data from more than 4 million individuals and firms in 2 600 cities across 34 countries, it presents compelling evidence that urbanisation contributes to better economic outcomes and higher living standards.