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050 4 _aHT151
_b.I58 2011
245 0 0 _aInternational handbook of urban policy.
_nVolume 3,
_pIssues in the developing world
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by H.S. Geyer.
260 _aCheltenham, U.K. :
_bEdward Elgar,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 310 p.) :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. Growth patterns -- pt. 2. Spatial issues -- pt. 3. Policy issues -- pt. 4. Growth determinants.
520 _aThis important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it represents over-urbanization--that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot find adequate shelter and do not have the means to feed themselves properly. Yet, compared to rural poverty, urban poverty is widely regarded as the lesser of the two evils.
650 0 _aUrban policy.
650 0 _aUrban economics.
650 0 _aCities and towns.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2lcsh
700 1 _aGeyer, H. S.
710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z9781847204608 (hardback)
_z1847204600
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847204608.xml
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