Third World Cities

Third World Cities

Author: John D. Kasarda

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 1992-11-10

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1452252343

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It took New York City (the world′s largest metropolis in 1950) nearly a century and a half to expand by eight million residents. Mexico City and Sao Paulo will match this growth in less than fifteen years. Asia′s mega-cities, too, are exploding in number and size. This kind of unprecedented growth is being echoed in the urban centers of developing nations around the globe. The essays in this volume address the wide array of problematic issues--as well as the opportunities and advantages--that are the natural outgrowth of such rapid urbanization. Third World Cities examines three sets of vital issues. Drawing on the experience and evidence of the past two decades, the book′s initial chapters assess theoretical frameworks upon which urban and migration policies are based. The authors of the middle section press for fresh approaches to the increasing demands placed on institutions and individuals in the largest cities of the developing world. The final chapters examine the complex demographic, social, and economic processes of urban growth. Students, professionals, and policymakers in development and urban studies, public administration, sociology, political science and comparative politics, geography, and ethnic studies will find Third World Cities to be a refreshing and innovative look at this growing concern. "Third World Cities offers a range of new ideas on the demographic, social spatial, and environmental changes that are `occurring so quickly that up-to-date evidence is elusive′ . . . Third World Cities is both thought-provoking and highly readable." -The Economic Times


Urbanization in Large Developing Countries

Urbanization in Large Developing Countries

Author: Gavin W. Jones

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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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.


The City in the Developing World

The City in the Developing World

Author: Robert B. Potter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1317879686

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The City in the Developing World is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to urbanisation in developing countries. The goal of this text is to place an understanding of the developing world city in its wider global context. First, this is done by developing the concept of social surplus product as a key to understanding the character of the contemporary Third World city. Second, throughout this text, the city in developing areas is centrally placed in the context of global, social, economic, political and cultural change. Thus, the important themes of globalisation, modernity and postmodernity are examined both in relation to the structure of sets of towns and cities which make up the national or regional urban system, and in respect of ideas and concepts dealing with the morphology, structure and social patterning of individual urban areas. The City in the Developing World is a core text for second and third year undergraduates in the fields of geography, development studies, planning, economics and the social sciences, taking options which deal with development issues, development theory, gender and development and Third World development.


Urban Social Movements in the Third World

Urban Social Movements in the Third World

Author: Frans Schuurman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1136856862

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This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian countries. As more democratic-type regimes establish themselves in the Third World, the possibilities for collective organisations and actions increase. Urban social movements therefore are playing an increasingly important role in the habitat of the poor.


Third World Cities

Third World Cities

Author: the late David W. Drakakis-Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-26

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1134639074

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Containing a wealth of student-friendly features this text provides an invaluable introduction to the issues and processes of the city in the Third World.


World Bank and Urban Development

World Bank and Urban Development

Author: Edward Ramsamy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 113428697X

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This significant text examines the factors, both internal and external to the World Bank that have influenced its urban development agenda, and is essential reading for those involved in the areas of urban and development studies.


Urban Development and New Towns in the Third World

Urban Development and New Towns in the Third World

Author: Alain R. A. Jacquemin

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9781138359376

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First published in 1999, this volume examines India and Bombay, countries which represent some of the world's most dramatic examples of rapid urban growth. One of the strategies frequently adopted by the Indian authorities to cope with this urban growth is the development of new towns, such as New Bombay, which is India's largest and most significant urban planning experience since Independence. The New Bombay model, based on a specific planning and financing strategy, is considered highly successful and so is increasingly being copied and implemented in other urban areas of India. This volume makes the first independent evaluation of New Bombay and sets it in a wider Third World urban development context. As well as analysing the processes of physical and economic growth, the volume also examines the process of social development and, in particular, the consequences of this planning concept for the urban poor.


Urban Development and New Towns in the Third World

Urban Development and New Towns in the Third World

Author: Alain R.A. Jacquemin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0429782993

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First published in 1999, this volume examines India and Bombay, countries which represent some of the world’s most dramatic examples of rapid urban growth. One of the strategies frequently adopted by the Indian authorities to cope with this urban growth is the development of new towns, such as New Bombay, which is India’s largest and most significant urban planning experience since Independence. The New Bombay model, based on a specific planning and financing strategy, is considered highly successful and so is increasingly being copied and implemented in other urban areas of India. This volume makes the first independent evaluation of New Bombay and sets it in a wider Third World urban development context. As well as analysing the processes of physical and economic growth, the volume also examines the process of social development and, in particular, the consequences of this planning concept for the urban poor.


Development in the Third World

Development in the Third World

Author: Kempe R. Hope

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781563247330

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.


Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World

Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World

Author: Robert Potter

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1136862048

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First published in 1985, this book reconsiders the whole question of urbanisation and planning in the Third World. It argues that public involvement, which is now an accepted part of Western planning, should be used more in Third World cities. It shows that many inhabitants of Third World cities are migrants from rural areas and have very definite ideas about what the function of the city should be and what it ought to offer; and it goes on to argue that therefore a planning process which involves more public participation would better serve local needs and would do much more to solve problems than the contemporary approach.