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Urban development : theory, fact, and illusion / J. Vernon Henderson.
LIBRA HT371 .H385 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, J. Vernon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Growth--Mathematical models.
- Cities and towns.
- Urban policy--Mathematical models.
- Urban policy.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- This in-depth study of the economics of urbanization and development explores the key characteristics of urban-rural patterns of production and consumption in developing countries--particularly Brazil, China and India--as well as government policies affecting urbanization, showing how policies often inadvertently create overcrowded industrial neighborhoods and squatter settlements. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical research, Henderson investigates rural-urban migration, changes in the production patterns in cities, the drain of skilled workers from small towns, individual city restrictions on growth and entry, and other phenomena.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 235-238.
- ISBN:
- 0195051572
- OCLC:
- 16356536
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