Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas

Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas is a wide-ranging collection of research studies focused on urban economic growth at various levels of urban and national development.

Sommario

Introduction: Urbanization, Economic Development, and Space 1. Dependent Urbanization in the Contemporary Semi-Periphery: Deepening the Analogy 2. ‘Anteroom to a Madhouse’: Economic Growth and Urban Development in Barcelona in the Franco Era 3. Urbanization at the Periphery: Reflections on the Changing Dynamics of Housing and Employment in Latin American Cities 4. Industrialization and Household Response: A Case Study of Penang 5. The Acceptable Face of Self-Help Housing: Subletting in Fiji Squatter Settlements – Exploitation or Survival Strategy? 6. The Built Environment and Social Movements in the Semi-Periphery: Urban Housing Provision in the Northern Territory of Australia 7. Upgrading the ‘Matchboxes’: Urban Renewal in Soweto, 1976-86 8. Economic Considerations on the Renovation of the Historic Centre of Salvador (Bahia), Brazil 9. Temporary Trading for Temporary People: The Making of Hawking in Soweto 10. Consumerism, the State, and the Informal Sector: Shebeens in South Africa’s Black Townships 11. The Last Frontier: The Emergence of the Industrial Palate in Hong Kong Bibliography Index

Info autore

David Drakakis-Smith

Riassunto

Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas is a wide-ranging collection of research studies focused on urban economic growth at various levels of urban and national development.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Drakakis-Smith
• Con la collaborazione di: David akakis-Smith (Editore), David Drakakis-Smith (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780815378723
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7872-3
• Pagine: 398
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization; Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies