Title: Planning and housing in the rapidly urbanising world /
Authors: Jenkins, Paul, 1953-; Smith, Harry, 1963-; Wang, Ya Ping, 1957-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Urbanization.; Community development, Urban.; City planning; Housing.; Urban policy Developing countries Case studies.
Abstract: "Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World explores a range of international approaches to this trend within the fields of housing and urban planning, with a particular focus on countries in the South. The impact on land use and housing is described and analysed with reference to the related issues of poverty, health and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Urbanisation and globalisation -- Development discourse -- A new international political economy approach to urban development in the rapidly urbanising world -- Pre-capitalist 'traditional' shelter and urban settlements -- Colonial and neo-colonial planning and housing -- Planning in the period 1960-90 -- Housing in the period 1960-90 -- Post-1990 issues in planning and housing -- Urban development and housing in sub-saharan Africa -- Urban development and housing in Latin America -- Urban development and housing in east Asia.