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Cities transformed : demographic change and its implications in the developing world / Panel on Urban Population Dynamics, Mark R. Montgomery ... [and others], editors ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
LIBRA HB884 .C58 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demographic transition.
- Cities and towns.
- Growth.
- Developing countries--Population.
- Developing countries.
- Population.
- Cities and towns--Developing countries--Growth.
- Demographic transition--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 529 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governance-as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health, education, and public services are increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Demographers have been surprisingly slow to devote attention to the implications of the urban transformation. Drawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, Cities Transformed explores the implications of various urban contexts for marriage, fertility, health, schooling, and children's lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.
- Contents:
- The Demographic Transformation 11
- The Transformation of Cities 17
- The Panel's Charge 25
- Study Scope and Approach 27
- Organization of the Report 28
- 2 Why Location Matters 29
- Places, Networks, Neighborhoods 31
- Sustaining Diversity: Economic Interactions 51
- City Systems and City-Regions 58
- From Government to Governance 64
- What Remains of the Urban/Rural Divide? 67
- 3 Urban Population Change: A Sketch 75
- Cities Amid Global Forces 76
- Key Demographic Features of the Urban Transition 81
- Major Regional Differences 95
- 4 Urban Population Dynamics: Models, Measures, and Forecasts 108
- The Simple Analytics 110
- Fertility, Mortality, Migration, and Urban Age Structure 120
- Core Issues in Definition and Measurement 128
- Projecting Urban Populations 141
- Statistical Systems for Disaggregated Data 146
- 5 Diversity and Inequality 155
- A Spatial Perspective 157
- Human Capital: Schooling 160
- Urban Well-Being: Concepts and Measures 164
- Access to Public Services 167
- Measuring Absolute Poverty in Cities 180
- Risk and Vulnerability 184
- Children's Lives 188
- 6 Fertility and Reproductive Health 199
- The Urban Dimension 200
- An Empirical Overview 209
- Fertility Transitions and Economic Crises 226
- The Urban Poor 231
- Migrants 242
- Urban Adolescents 247
- Urban Service Delivery 251
- 7 Mortality and Morbidity: Is City Life Good for You Health? 259
- Distinctive Aspects of Urban Health 262
- The Disease Spectrum 262
- Recent Evidence on Children's Health and Survival 272
- A Penalty for the Urban Poor? 284
- Health Service Provision and Treatment Seeking 289
- 8 The Urban Economy Transformed 300
- Sector and Space 302
- Economic Returns to Schooling 319
- Migration and Economic Mobility 322
- The Informalization of Urban Labor Markets 331
- Earnings Inequality: Case Studies 340
- The Future of Urban Labor Markets: Global Links and Local Outcomes 343
- 9 The Challenge of Urban Governance 355
- The Concept of Urban Governance 357
- Major Challenges of Urban Governance in Developing Countries 363
- Is There a "Best" Model of Urban Governance? 401
- 10 Looking Ahead 410
- Directions for Future Research 412
- Improving the Research Infrastructure 414
- A Concepts and Definitions of Metropolitan Regions 481
- B Mathematical Derivations 484
- C Linking DHS Surveys to United Nations City Data 487
- D United Nations Estimates and Projections 495
- E Measuring Relative Poverty with DHS Data 499
- F Recommendations for the Demographic and Health Surveys 503.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-478) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0309088623
- 0309511488
- OCLC:
- 53401077
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