Rural development requires strong interaction between rural and urban areas. One facet of this interaction is the role that emerging towns play in serving as economic centres to the rural people surrounding them. Keeping other factors constant, the emergence of new towns plays a catalytic role in improving rural livelihoods. Given this reality, however, limited study has so far been made in the area to comprehend how emerging towns in many economic aspects enhance their surrounding rural communities livelihoods. This book, therefore, aims at critically accessing the aforementioned...