Third World Cities: Problems, Policies and Prospects(SAGE Focus Editions)

It took New York City (the world′s largest metropolis in 1950) nearly a century and a half to expand by eight million residents. Mexico City and Sao Paulo will match this growth in less than fifteen years. Asia′s mega-cities, too, are exploding in number and size. This kind of unprecedented growth is being echoed in the urban centers of developing nations around the globe. The essays in this volume address the wide array of problematic issues--as well as the opportunities and advantages--that are the natural outgrowth of such rapid urbanization. Third World Cities examines three sets of vital issues. Drawing on the experience and evidence of the past two decades, the book′s initial chapters assess theoretical frameworks upon which urban and migration policies are based. The authors of the middle section press for fresh approaches to the increasing demands placed on institutions and individuals in the largest cities of the developing world. The final chapters examine the complex demographic, social, and economic processes of urban growth. Students, professionals, and policymakers in development and urban studies, public administration, sociology, political science and comparative politics, geography, and ethnic studies will find Third World Cities to be a refreshing and innovative look at this growing concern. "Third World Cities offers a range of new ideas on the demographic, social spatial, and environmental changes that are `occurring so quickly that up-to-date evidence is elusive′ . . . Third World Cities is both thought-provoking and highly readable." -The Economic Times

Table of Contents:
Introduction - John D Kasarda and Allan M Parnell Third World Urban Development Issues The Third World City - Sally E Findley Developmental Policy and Issues Efficiency and Welfare in LDC Mega-Cities - Harry W Richardson Urbanization, Development and Economic Efficiency - A S Oberai Urban Land and Housing Issues Facing the Third World - Ellen M Brennan Job Creation Needs in Third World Cities - Dennis A Rondinelli and John D Kasarda Small Enterprise Promotion as an Urban Development Strategy - Ray Bromley Privatization of Urban Services and Infrastructure in Developing Countries - Dennis A Rondinelli and John D Kasarda An Assessment of Experience Urbanization and the Environmental Risk Transition - Kirk R Smith and Yok-shiu F Lee Transnational Capital Flows, Foreign Investments and Urban Growth in Developing Countries - Victor Fung-Shuen Sit The Impact of Temporary Migration on Urban Places - Sidney Goldstein Thailand and China as Case Studies Urban Aspects of Labor Migration - Francisco Alba A Review on Exit Countries Third World Urbanization, Migration and Family Adaptation - S Philip Morgan