Urbanization in Large Developing Countries (Hardcover)

Gavin W. Jones

ISBN 10: 019828974X / ISBN 13: 9780198289746

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

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Hardcover. Urbanization is a key process in developing countries. Within the next decade over 50 per cent of the world's population will inhabit urban areas and the majority of this growth is concentrated in developing countries. Analysing data for four large countries, this volume focuses on the relationship between economic change and urban growth. Specifically the authors examine the continued growth of industrial employment at the expense of theagricultural sector, the impact of government-controlled regional and industrial policy and the role of migration in response to employment opportunities. There are also important chapters on governmentresponses to the lack of basic infrastructure, and the resulting negative impact on human welfare, in the cities. The volume's coherence results from the cross-country comparisons made by the authors and the conclusions that are not geographically restricted but have potential applications, by urban planners, in all developing countries. This book examines the interactions between economic change and urbanization, in the form of structural shifts in employment, regional development policy, and national industrial policy. It also discusses the human welfare problems associated with rapid urbanization and a lack of government finance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Urbanization in Large Developing Countries (Hardcover)
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019828974X
• ISBN 13: 9780198289746
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

Urbanization is a key process in developing countries. Within the next decade over 50 per cent of the world's population will inhabit urban areas and the majority of this growth is concentrated in developing countries.

Analysing data for four large countries, this volume focuses on the relationship between economic change and urban growth. Specifically the authors examine the continued growth of industrial employment at the expense of the agricultural sector, the impact of government-controlled regional and industrial policy and the role of migration in response to employment opportunities. There are also important chapters on government responses to the lack of basic infrastructure, and the resulting negative impact on human welfare, in the cities. The volume's coherence results from the cross-country comparisons made by the authors and the conclusions that are not geographically restricted but have potential applications, by urban planners, in all developing countries.

Contenuti

• Preface
• 1.: Gavin W. Jones and Pravin Visaria: Urbanization of the Third World Giants
• SECTION 1: CHINA
• Lin You Su: Introduction
• 2.: Jing Neng Li: Structural and Spatial Economic Changes and their Effects on Recent Urbanization in China
• 3.: Aprodicio Laquian: The Effects of National Urban Strategy and Regional Development Policy on Patterns of Urban Growth in China
• 4.: Lin You Su: Migration and Urbanization in China
• 5.: Yok-shiu F. Lee: Urban Housing Reforms in China, 1979-89
• SECTION 2: INDONESIA
• Gavin W. Jones: Introduction
• 6.: Mike Douglas: Structural Change and Urbanization in Indonesia: From the `Old' to the `New' International Division of Labour
• 7.: Iwan Jaya Aziz: Implications of Industrial Location Policy for Urbanization in Indonesia
• 8.: Peter Gardiner: Determinants of Urbanization in Indonesia: National Urban Development Strategies, Regional Development Policy, and Implicit and Institutional Factors
• 9.: Mustaram Koswara: Housing and Infrastructure Provision and Financing in Indonesia
• SECTION 3: BRAZIL
• Donald Sawyer: Introduction
• 10.: George Martine and Clelio Campolina Diniz: Economic and Demographic Concentration in Brazil
• 11.: Paolo Roberto Haddad: Industrial Location Policy and its Implications for Urbanization in Brazil
• 12.: Donald Sawyer: Structural Economic Change and Frontier Urbanization in Brazil
• SECTION 4: INDIA
• Pravin Visaria: Introduction
• 13.: Pravin Visaria: Urbanization in India: an overview
• 14.: Rakesh Mohan: Industrial Location Policies and their Implications for India
• 15.: T. S. Papola: Extent and Implications of Rural-Urban Migration in India
• Gavin W. Jones and Pravin Visaria: Conclusion