Cities and development
By: Jo Beall and Sean Fox.
Contributors: Fox, Sean, 1979-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415390989; 9780415390996; 9780203086452
Subjects: Urbanization -- Economic aspects; Urbanization -- History -- 21st century; Cities and towns -- Growth -- History -- 21st century; Urban economics -- History -- 21st century; Poverty -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Development in the first urban century; title: Urbanisation and development in historical perspective; title: Urbanism and economic development; title: Urban poverty and vulnerability; title: Managing the urban environment; title: Human security in cities : crime, violence, war and terrorism; title: Shaping city futures : urban planning, governance and politics.