Cities in the developing world issues, theory, and policy
This collection of essays offers an authoritative and up-to-date textbook overview of the urban experience in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The twenty-nine contributors, leading experts across the social sciences, provide twenty-four case studies grouped around six main issues: development theory...
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| Language: | Undetermined English |
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Oxford University Press
1997
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| Institutions: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Summary: | This collection of essays offers an authoritative and up-to-date textbook overview of the urban experience in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The twenty-nine contributors, leading experts across the social sciences, provide twenty-four case studies grouped around six main issues: development theory and policy as they pertain to urbanization, rural-urban migration, urban employment structures, forms of social integration and control, the housing question, and urban politics. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the burgeoning cities of the "South" |
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| Physical Description: | 396 p. 25cm |
| ISBN: | 0198742169 9780198742166 |