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Abulecentrism

Rapid Development of Society Catalyzed at the Local Community Level

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  1. Olurinde Lafe

    1. MIDATCO Group, Chesterland, USA

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  • Book describes a new development concept

  • Examples drawn from different ongoing initiatives around the world show how the reader can apply abulecentrism to their local community

  • Includes step-by-step instructions on creating abulecentric business enterprises

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 1-11

  3. Power Infrastructural Development

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 13-61

  4. Other Infrastructural Development

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 63-81

  5. Human Capacity Development

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 83-90

  6. Housing

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 91-126

  7. Agriculture

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 127-132

  8. Industrialization

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 133-143

  9. Healthcare

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 145-150

  10. Moving Forward

    • Olurinde Lafe
    Pages 151-154

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 155-173
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About this book

The book describes a development concept called abulecentrism. The Yoruba word abule (pronounced: a-boo-lay) literarily means “the village”. abulecentrism seeks to achieve rapid and sustainable development of a given society by the strategic execution of projects and the provision of critical services at the local community level.  The village has always been the traditional unit of communal living in many societies around the world. The typical village is small, comprising close-knit social groups and individuals that number in the tens, or at most, low hundreds. In a village, people live close to one another, and derive strength in their communal methods of living, working and protecting their society. Furthermore, the management and governance of the community is simpler than in urban areas because the village requires smaller administrative systems. abulecentrism is built on the philosophy of using small, modular systems, such as a village, as building blocks for developing the greater society. The ultimate goal of abulecentrism is for the larger society to be significantly impacted by the dividends of the aggregated development attained within the different communities. Development projects will typically be executed by starting with a few local communities and progressing organically until all the communities that make up the larger society have been impacted.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • MIDATCO Group, Chesterland, USA

    Olurinde Lafe

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Abulecentrism

  • Book Subtitle: Rapid Development of Society Catalyzed at the Local Community Level

  • Authors: Olurinde Lafe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01023-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01022-9Published: 30 July 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34437-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01023-6Published: 18 July 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 173

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 158 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Development Economics, Urbanism

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