Urban Development: Theory, Fact, and Illusion

Urban Development: Theory, Fact, and Illusion
ISBN-10
0195069021
ISBN-13
9780195069020
Series
Urban Development
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
J. Vernon Henderson

Description

This in-depth study of the economics of urbanization and development explores the key characteristics of urban-rural patterns of production and consumption in developing countries--particularly Brazil, China, and India--as well as government policies affecting urbanization. Drawing on awealth of theoretical and empirical research, Henderson investigates rural-urban migration, changes in the production patterns in cities, the drain of skilled workers from small towns, individual city restrictions on growth and entry, and other phenomena.

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