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Title:

Urban futures : economic growth and poverty reduction / edited by Nabeel Hamdi with Jane Handal.

Publisher:

ITDG Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Poverty--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Cities and towns--Developing countries.
Cities and towns.
Economic history.
Poverty.
Developing countries.
Armut
Bekämpfung
Stadtentwicklung
Entwicklungsländer
Stadtentwicklung--Entwicklungsländer.
Armut--Entwicklungsländer.
Armut.
Bekämpfung.
Stadtentwicklung.
Entwicklungsländer.
Développement urbain.
Économie.
Lutte contre la pauvreté
Milieu urbain.
Pauvreté
Urbanisme.
Pays en développement.
Stadtentwicklung.
Armut.
Bekämpfung.
Entwicklungsländer.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Cities and towns--Developing countries.
Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)

Other Authors:

Hamdi, Nabeel, editor.
Handal, Jane, editor.
Hamdi, Nabeel.
Handal, Jane.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.

Contents:

Part II. The answers we need now to prepare for our urban futures / Understanding urban and the management of change / Shlomo Angel. Understanding poverty : urban longitudinal research methodology / Caroline Moser -- Young lives : panel studies and child poverty / Trudy Harpham, Ian Wilson and Sharon Huttly -- Poverty and urban violence / Leo Thomas -- Part II. The dynamics of urban systems -- A question of voice : informality and pro-poor policy in Johannesburg, South Africa / Steven Friedman, Kenny Hlela and Paul Thulare -- Begging, requesting, demanding, negotiating : moving towards urban poor partnerships in governance / Mary Racelis -- Migratory flows, poverty and social inclusion in Latin America / Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso and Luis Valenzuela -- Room for manoeuvre : tenure and the urban poor in India / Sunil Kumar -- Urban housing and livelihoods : comparative case examples from Kenya and India / Michael Majale -- Housing policy and economic reform : a comparative case of Argentina and Mexico / Cecilia Zanetta -- Land for housing the poor in African cities : are neo-customary processes an effective alternative to formal systems? / Alain Durand-Lasserve -- Street trade in Kenya : the contribution of research in policy dialogue and response / Winnie V. Mitullah -- The answers we need now to prepare for our urban futures / Shlomo Angel.

Summary:

"Through country case studies the contributors to Urban Futures explore what works, and discuss the issues and principles of different aspects of urban development in relation to poverty." "Overall the book offers a framework for understanding poverty, and a methodology for research, that will help all those working towards the eradication of extreme poverty in the context of projected urban demographic growth."--Jacket.

Series:

Urban management series

ISBN:

9781853395994
1853395994

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60812117

LCCN:

2005440969

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)