This book decenters the perspective on the urban, foregrounds urban struggle, and transcends rural-urban and north-south divides.
Selected papers presented at an international seminar organized by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India in co-operation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Cities are not only home to around half of the global population but also major centers of economic activity and innovation.
It relates urbanisation in the developing world to changes in the broader global economic system, as well as looking at the urbanisation process over time.
Study is confined to Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh.
Initially published in 1981, this book examines the problems of housing provision for the urban poor in developing countries, within the context of the development process as a whole.
Contents: Urbanisation and the Environment, Urbanisation and Globalisation, Population Growth and Urbanisation, In Defence of the City Urban Development a Key for Survival, Urbanisation in India and Limitations, Land Tenure: Securing Land ...
This book explores the diversity of the urban experience in the ten independent island states, focusing on strategies to secure long term sustainable development.
Cities are not only home to around half of the global population but also major centers of economic activity and innovation.