Tertiary Activities in Ambohimahasoa: a Factor of Urban Development

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2022 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 9 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2022

Authors : Andriamirija Ginot Olivier, Rakotoarisoa Randriamanantena Jacqueline, Andriamiadanomenjanahary Harivelo Chandellina Camille

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V9I4P105

How to Cite?

Andriamirija Ginot Olivier, Rakotoarisoa Randriamanantena Jacqueline, Andriamiadanomenjanahary Harivelo Chandellina Camille, "Tertiary Activities in Ambohimahasoa: a Factor of Urban Development," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 9,  no. 4, pp. 32-37, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V9I4P105

Abstract:

This article attempts to contribute to the tertiary activities’ analysis of the dynamics of adaptation and resilience of economic actors and urban and rural populations in the context of the expansion of economic conversion towards the production of intangible services in the face of ever-increasing local demands due to population growth. In light of the case study presented in this article, activities related to the tertiary sector are expanding in the urban center of Ambohimahasoa. This has allowed other related activities to develop and generate a migration dynamic. The presence of the RN7 is one of the main factors in the urban expansion of the city of Ambohimahasoa. It’s a crossroads, a relay, or a link between several urban centers where the tertiary activity’s development, notably trade, transport, and tourism, is interdependent. This situation leads to the progressive tertiarization of this city, resulting in various urban development causing a tertiarization of economic activities and a change in the morphology of the urban landscape, hence the trend towards urbanization.

Keywords:

Ambohimahasoa city, Land use planning, Tertiarization, Tertiary activities, Urban landscape morphology.

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