Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World.

GILBERT, ALAN & JOSEF GUGLER

ISBN 10: 0198740840 / ISBN 13: 9780198740841

Published by Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press. 1987, 1982

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Original publisher's sewn red paperback, pictorial frontcover, reprint with correstions [1982/1983/1984], 8vo: x, 246pp., tables, figs, notes & references, index names, index subjects. Fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cities, Poverty and Development: Urbanization in the Third World.
• Publisher: Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press. 1987
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198740840
• ISBN 13: 9780198740841
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

This study presents a comprehensive account of Third World urbanization. It discusses the evolution of Third World citie, the nature of urban and regional disparities within countries, the causes and patterns of rural-urban migration, the structure of urban labour markets and the lack of productive employment, the urban housing market and popular responses to it, urban ways of life and the adaption of migrants, various patterns of political conflict, and current issues in urban and regional planning.

About the Author

Alan Gilbert, Professor of Geography, University College London. Josef Gugler, Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut; Professor of Development Sociology, Bayreuth University.