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Cities, poverty, and development : urbanization in the Third World / Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler.
Van Pelt Library HT169.5 .G53 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, Alan, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Developing countries.
- Urbanization.
- Social conflict.
- Community organization.
- Urban poor--Housing.
- Urban poor.
- Economic conditions.
- Regional disparities.
- Developing countries.
- Rural-urban migration--Developing countries.
- Rural-urban migration.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
- Urban poor--Housing--Developing countries.
- Community organization--Developing countries.
- Social conflict--Developing countries.
- Regional planning--Developing countries.
- Regional planning.
- Physical Description:
- x unnumbered pages, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-318) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 019874160X :
- 0198741618
- OCLC:
- 24380176
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