Cities, poverty, and development: urbanization in the Third World

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Oxford University Press, 1992 - Social Science - 331 pages
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Most people in developing countries live in cities, and by the end of the decade only the poorest cities in Africa and Asia will be predominantly rural. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe the urbanization of poverty as well as reasons for migration to the city, urban survival skills, and the level of political involvement of migrants.

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Contents

The Third World
6
Patterns of Inequality
12
URBAN AGGLOMERATION AND REGIONAL
33
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About the author (1992)

Gilbert is Professor of Geography at University College in London.

Josef Gugler is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Contemporary African Studies at the University of Connecticut. Much of his work focuses on urbanization in Africa and he has authored and co-authored numerous books and edited volumes including African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (2003), Cities, Poverty, and Development: Urbanization in the Third World (with Alan Gilbert, 1992), and Urbanisation and Social Change in West Africa (with William G. Flanagan, 1978).

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TitleCities, poverty, and development: urbanization in the Third World
AuthorsAlan Gilbert, Josef Gugler
EditorsAlan Gilbert, Josef Gugler
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized7 Nov 2007
ISBN019874160X, 9780198741602
Length331 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
Social Science / General
Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
  
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