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Africa's cities : opening doors to the world

Lall, Somik V.; Henderson, J. Vernon; Venables, Anthony; … - 2017

-- 2 In resource-exporting countries, urbanization is linked only weakly to the development of manufacturing and services … competitive city -- 4.3 The tradables sector is much larger in Asia than in Africa -- 4.4 Urbanization and manufacturing share of …

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Land and the city : patterns and processes of urban change

Kivell, Philip - 1993

In the rapidly changing sphere of urban development, land is shown to provide the basic morphological structure of the city, but also the source of economic and social power and the key to planning through examples from around the world

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Urban Political Economy

Newton, Kenneth - 2014

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Section 1 Urban Politics and Economic Policy -- 1 Does Politics Matter? -- 2 Transforming Needs into Expenditure Decisions -- 3 Party Influence on Local Spending in Denmark -- 4 Economics, Politics, and Policy in Norwegian Communes -- Section 2 Urban Systems and...

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World Cities : Achieving Liveability and Vibrancy

Ling, Ooi Giok - 2009

How does a city make sound policy decisions on sustainability and governance while simultaneously promoting economic growth and development excellence? This book focuses on the major challenges that world cities are facing in such key areas as governance, social inclusiveness, infrastructural...

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Mexico urbanization review : managing spatial growth for productive and livable cities in Mexico

Kim, Yoonhee (ed.); Zangerling, Bontje (ed.) - 2016

Cities in Mexico -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene -- High Levels of Urbanization in Mexico -- Urbanization and … Agenda for Urban and Housing Policies -- Objectives and Scope of the Mexico Urbanization Review -- Notes -- References … System and Classification of City Types -- Box 1.3 What Is an Urbanization Review? …

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Urban world history : an economic and geographical perspective

Tellier, Luc-Normand - 2019 - Second edition

This book seeks to deepen readers' understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of …Introduction -- From the Beginning of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions -- Understanding the …