Research Catalog

Title

The Economics of urbanization and urban policies in developing countries / edited by George S. Tolley, Vinod Thomas.

Publication

Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : World Bank, ©1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tolley, George S., 1925-
• Thomas, Vinod, 1949-

Description

xii, 184 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Summary

Urban problems in developing countries have become more acute in recent decades as people have flocked to cities, and the largest cities have been affected the most. In coming years, as population growth continues throughout the developing world, urban problems promise to become increasingly severe. The volume seeks to promote better understanding and evaluation of policies designed to cope with these issues. It draws together studies of the causes of observed urbanization patterns and builds on them to provide a better foundation for policy analysis.

Series Statement

A World Bank symposium

Uniform Title

World Bank symposium

Subject

• Urban policy > Developing countries > Congresses
• Urbanization > Developing countries > Congresses
• Urban economics > Congresses
• Urban economics
• Economic history
• Urban policy
• Urbanization
• Stadtökonomie
• Verstädterung
• Kongress
• Developing countries > Economic conditions > Congresses
• Developing countries
• Entwicklungsländer

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Chicago (Ill., 1983)

Note

• "A World Bank symposium."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

An overview of urban growth : problems, policies, and evaluation / George S Tolley (12 p.). -- Urbanization and economic development / George S Tolley (17 p.). -- What drives city growth in the developing world? / Allen C Kelley (15 p.). -- Market failures as bases of urban problems / George S Tolley (11 p.). -- Urban development policies in developing countries / Bertrand Renaud (13 p.). -- Urban policy in centralized economies : China / William L Parish (12 p.). -- The analysis of urban concentration and decentralization / J. Vernon Henderson (7 p.). -- Employment location and spatial policies : Colombia and Korea / Kyu Sik Lee (12 p.). -- Industrial deconcentration policy : Venezuela / Benjamin Reif (15 p.). -- Intergovernmental fiscal relations in developing countries / Roy Bahl (11 p.). -- Housing demand in the developing-country metropolis / Gregory K Ingram (10 p.). -- Urban transport policy : Colombia / Alvaro Pachón (11 p.). -- Evaluating pollution control : the case of São Paulo / Vinod Thomas (10 p.). -- Improving the effectiveness of urban projects / Douglas H Keare (15 p.). -- Urban economic policy : directions for the future / George S Tolley (4 p.).

ISBN

• 082130786X
• 9780821307861

LCCN

87002181

OCLC

• ocm15224271
• 15224271
• SCSB-8946757

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library