Sean Fox, Tom Goodfellow

Cities and Development (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the five years since the first edition of Cities and Development was published, awareness of the challenges associated with urban growth in the developing world has grown significantly. More than a billion of the world's people live in slums, a shocking statistic that is set to more than double within the next 20 years unless serious interventions are made. This has consequently become a key focus for international aid appeals and research.

This revised edition of Cities and Development provides an updated critical review of the dynamic relationship between urbanism and development. Building on the success of the first edition, the authors have brought the chapters and the selection of literature up to date. Highlighting both the challenges and opportunities associated with rapid urban change, the book surveys:

• the historical relationship between urbanization and development
• the role cities play in fostering economic growth in a globalizing world
• the unique characteristics of urban poverty and the poor record of interventions designed to tackle it
• the complexities of managing urban environments; issues of urban crime, violence, war and terrorism in contemporary cities
• the importance of urban planning, governance and politics in shaping city futures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317807827
• Artikelnr.: 44866413

Autorenporträt

Sean Fox is Lecturer in Urban Geography and Global Development at the University of Bristol. His research has been published in journals such as Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Population and Development Review and World Development. He has also served as an advisor on urban development issues for a variety of international organisations, including DfID, CARE International and UN-Habitat.

Tom Goodfellow is Lecturer in Urban Studies and International Development at the University of Sheffield. His work has been published in a range of journals including Urban Studies, Comparative Politics and Development and Change. He has acted as an advisor to Oxfam on urban development issues and provided policy analysis for the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on International Development, as well as several government authorities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Development in the first urban century 2. World
urbanisation in historical perspective 3. Urbanism and economic development
4. Urban poverty and livelihoods 5. Land, housing and urban services 6.
Cities and environmental change 7. Crime, conflict and violence 8. Urban
governance and politics 9. Conclusion: Shaping city futures