Images are scans of the actual book you will receive, so you know exactly what you are purchasing. Click or tap to zoom in.
Cities Poverty and Development: Urbanisation in the Third World
- Shop more books in the same category: All Books, All Secondhand Books, Geography, Places & People, Humanities & Social Science
Cities, Poverty and Development offers a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes which urbanisation is bringing to the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It provides a critical syntheses of recent social science writing seeking to show how people manage to survive in cities which are typically portrayed so negatively by the media.
Eight main chapters cover the evolution of the Third World cities as part of the world system, the causes of regional disparities, the nature of migration, the structure of urban labour markets, housing of the poor, urban social organisation, political conflict, and national settlement planning.
Cities, Poverty and Development offers a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes which urbanisation is bringing to the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It provides a critical syntheses of recent social science writing seeking to show how people manage to survive in cities which are typically portrayed so negatively by the media.
Eight main chapters cover the evolution of the Third World cities as part of the world system, the causes of regional disparities, the nature of migration, the structure of urban labour markets, housing of the poor, urban social organisation, political conflict, and national settlement planning.