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Urbanization and development multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, S M Ravi Kanbur . — Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

xxi, 327 p.

Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development -- Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends / Jo Beall / Basudeb Guha-Knasnobis / Ravi Kanbur -- Agglomeration Index: Towards A New Measure of Urban Concentration / David E. Bloom / David Canning / Patrick Salyer / Günther Fink / Tarun Khanna -- Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle: A Multi-Generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas, 1968-2008 / Hirotsugu Uchida / Andrew Nelson -- Urban Myths and the Mis-Use of Data that Underpin Them / Janice E. Perlman -- Evolving City Systems / David Satterthwaite -- Suburbanization and Residential Desegregation in South Africa's Cities / Henry G. Overman / Anthony J. Venables -- The Face of Urban Poverty: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries / Wim Naudé -- The Legacy Effect of Squatter Settlements on Urban Redevelopment / Ben C. Arimah -- The Gendered Nature of Asset Accumulation in Urban Contexts: Longitudinal Results from Guayaquil, Ecuador / Geoffrey K. Turnbull / Ignacio A. Navarro -- Violent Urbanization and Homogenization of Space and Place: Reconstructing the Story of Sectarian Violence in Beirut / Andrew Felton / Caroline Moser -- Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation / Nasser Yassin -- Urban Violence Is Not (Necessarily) a Way of Life: Towards a Political Economy of Conflict in Cities / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India / Dennis Rodgers -- Solid Wastes, Poverty, and the Environment in Developing Country Cities: Challenges and Opportunities / Hyoung Gun Wang / Uwe Deichmann / Somik V. Lall -- Building Sustainable Historic Centres: A Comparative Approach for Innovative Urban Projects / Martin Medina -- Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding, and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach / Adriana Rabinovich / Andrea Catenazzi.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization--Developing countries--Economic aspects