Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Urban Population Dynamics

ISBN 10: 0309088623 / ISBN 13: 9780309088626

Published by National Academies Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309088623
• ISBN 13: 9780309088626
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governance—as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health, education, and public services are increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Demographers have been surprisingly slow to devote attention to the implications of the urban transformation.

Drawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, Cities Transformed explores the implications of various urban contexts for marriage, fertility, health, schooling, and children's lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.

About the Author

Panel on Urban Population Dynamics, Mark R. Montgomery, Richard Stren, Barney Cohen, and Holly E. Reed, Editors, National Research Council