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Urbanization and development in Asia : multidimensional perspectives
Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2008Description: 336p vISBN:- 9780199590148
- 307.760000Â BEA
Contents:
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ;
1. Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development ;
DATA AND DEFINITIONS ;
2. Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends ;
3. Agglomeration Index: Towards A New Measure of Urban Concentration ;
4. Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle: A Multi-generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas, 1968-2008 ;
5. Urban Myths and the Mis-use of Data that Underpin Them ; ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF URBANIZATION ; 6. Evolving City Systems ;
7. Suburbanization and Residential Desegregation in South Africa's Cities ; URBANIZATION: SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES ;
8. The Face of Urban Poverty: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries ;
9. The Legacy Effect of Squatter Settlements on Urban Redevelopment ;
10. The Gendered Nature of Asset Accumulation in Urban Contexts: Longitudinal Results from Guayaquil, Ecuador ; URBAN VIOLENCE ;
11. Violent Urbanization and Homogenization of Space and Place: Reconstructing the Story of Sectarian Violence in Beirut ;
12. Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation ;
13. Urban Violence Is (not) Necessarily a Way Of life: Towards a Political Economy of Conflict in Cities ; URBAN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE ;
14. Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India ;
15. Solid Wastes, Poverty and the Environment in Developing Country Cities: Challenges and Opportunities ; 16. Building Sustainable Historic Centres: A Comparative Approach for Innovative Urban Projects ; EPILOGUE ;
Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding, and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach
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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ;
1. Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development ;
DATA AND DEFINITIONS ;
2. Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends ;
3. Agglomeration Index: Towards A New Measure of Urban Concentration ;
4. Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle: A Multi-generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas, 1968-2008 ;
5. Urban Myths and the Mis-use of Data that Underpin Them ; ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF URBANIZATION ; 6. Evolving City Systems ;
7. Suburbanization and Residential Desegregation in South Africa's Cities ; URBANIZATION: SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES ;
8. The Face of Urban Poverty: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries ;
9. The Legacy Effect of Squatter Settlements on Urban Redevelopment ;
10. The Gendered Nature of Asset Accumulation in Urban Contexts: Longitudinal Results from Guayaquil, Ecuador ; URBAN VIOLENCE ;
11. Violent Urbanization and Homogenization of Space and Place: Reconstructing the Story of Sectarian Violence in Beirut ;
12. Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation ;
13. Urban Violence Is (not) Necessarily a Way Of life: Towards a Political Economy of Conflict in Cities ; URBAN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE ;
14. Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India ;
15. Solid Wastes, Poverty and the Environment in Developing Country Cities: Challenges and Opportunities ; 16. Building Sustainable Historic Centres: A Comparative Approach for Innovative Urban Projects ; EPILOGUE ;
Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding, and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach
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