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It took New York City (the world's largest metropolis in 1950) nearly a century and a half to expand by eight million residents. Mexico City and Sao Paulo will match this growth in less than fifteen years. Asia's mega-cities, too, are exploding in number and size. This kind of unprecedented growth is being echoed in the urban centers of developing nations around the globe. The essays in this volume address the wide array of problematic issues–as well as the opportunities and advantages–that are the natural outgrowth of such rapid urbanization. Third World Cities examines three sets of vital issues. Drawing on the experience and evidence of the past two decades, the book's initial chapters assess theoretical frameworks upon which urban and migration policies are based. The authors of the middle section press for fresh approaches to the increasing demands placed on institutions and individuals in the largest cities of the developing world. The final chapters examine the complex demographic, social, and economic processes of urban growth. Students, professionals, and policymakers in development and urban studies, public administration, sociology, political science and comparative politics, geography, and ethnic studies will find Third World Cities to be a refreshing and innovative look at this growing concern. “Third World Cities offers a range of new ideas on the demographic, social spatial, and environmental changes that are ‘occurring so quickly that up-to-date evidence is elusive’ … Third World Cities is both thought-provoking and highly readable.” –The Economic Times
Urbanization, Development, and Economic Efficiency
Urbanization, Development, and Economic Efficiency
The trend in urban concentration and the growth of large cities poses a major challenge to developing countries. By the year 2000, over 45 percent of the 5.1 billion population of the developing countries will be living in urban areas, and more than 49 Third World cities are expected to have a population of over 4 million. Most population distribution policies designed to moderate the rate of rural-urban migration appear to have had limited success so far (see Oberai 1987 for a detailed assessment of migration-influencing policies). Even if such policies do succeed in the future, large cities are likely to grow larger because of the high rate of natural population increase in urban areas. In ...
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