This paper describes the impacts of unplanned urban expansion and land surface change in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon, the underlying causes and the ecological and social implications. This expansion has placed great stress on forest, land and water ecosystems. Much of the city’s rapid growth in population has been accommodated in informal settlements on steep slopes and flood plains, with l...

Sustainable urbanization policies and strategies are posited as a major tool by which to achieve the sustainable development of growing towns and cities. A major challenge for sustainable urbanization policies and strategies is how to address the complexity of urbanization, especially the ongoing growth of informal settlements and slums in developing countries. It is acknowledged that those liv...

The study of peri-urbanization attracted attention in the final quarter 20th century, due to pace it acquired worldwide and implication that urbanization overall settlement patterns have on social sustainability development. Theoretical conceptual achievements are remarkable. Multi-country collaboration has produced a growing body research peri-urban settlements. There is lack, however, review ...