Economic growth and urbanization in developing areas
By: edited by David Drakakis-Smith for the IGU Commission on Third World Development.
Contributors: Drakakis-Smith, D. W.; IGU Commission on Third World Development.; IGU Working Group on Urbanization in Developing Countries.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Congresses.
Description: Covers a wide range of issues on the urbanization of developing areas, from theoretical conceptualizations and the analysis of broad global processes, to the examination of the effects of growth on the built environment or the structure of the household.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-374) and index.
Based on papers presented at a meeting of the IGU Working Grouop on Urbanization in Developing Countries, held in Madrid in Aug. 1986.