The urban transformation of the developing world / edited by Josef Gugler.

Contributor(s):

Gugler, Josef [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: xviii, 327 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198741596 (pbk.)
0198741588 (acidfree paper)

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DDC classification:

307.76091724 URB 23 005480

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Table of contents.

Contents:

Regional trajectories in the urban transformation : convergences and divergences / Josef Gugler -- A history of the city in Monsoon Asia / Rhoads Murphey -- Urbanization in China : reassessing an evolving model / Xiangming Chen and William L. Parish -- Urbanization in India : patterns and emerging policy issues / Rakesh Mohan -- Urbanization in Indonesia : city and countryside linked / Graeme Hugo -- Urbanization in the Arab World and the international system / Janet Abu-Lughod -- Urbanization in Africa South of the Sahara : new identities in conflict / Josef Gugler -- Urban development and social inequality in Latin America / Orlandina de Oliveira and Bryan Roberts.

Summary: This is a collection of readings presenting regional studies of Third World urbanization. It complements "The Urbanization of the Third World" which is organized on a thematic basis. As well as being valuable in their own right, the studies also allow comparison of regional patterns.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.76091724 URB 005480 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005480

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regional trajectories in the urban transformation : convergences and divergences / Josef Gugler --
A history of the city in Monsoon Asia / Rhoads Murphey --
Urbanization in China : reassessing an evolving model / Xiangming Chen and William L. Parish --
Urbanization in India : patterns and emerging policy issues / Rakesh Mohan --
Urbanization in Indonesia : city and countryside linked / Graeme Hugo --
Urbanization in the Arab World and the international system / Janet Abu-Lughod --
Urbanization in Africa South of the Sahara : new identities in conflict / Josef Gugler --
Urban development and social inequality in Latin America / Orlandina de Oliveira and Bryan Roberts.

This is a collection of readings presenting regional studies of Third World urbanization. It complements "The Urbanization of the Third World" which is organized on a thematic basis. As well as being valuable in their own right, the studies also allow comparison of regional patterns.

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