Cities, Poverty, and Development

Urbanization in the Third World

• Author(s): Alan Gilbert, Josef Gugler,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 331
• ISBN_10: 019874160X
  ISBN_13: 9780198741602
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Urban , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness ,

Description:... Most people in developing countries live in cities, and by the end of the decade only the poorest cities in Africa and Asia will be predominantly rural. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe the urbanization of poverty as well as reasons for migration to the city, urban survival skills, and the level of political involvement of migrants.