Leading scholars in urban economics examine the data and definitions associated with the field, and look in-depth at the economic and social consequences of urbanization. Special focus is given to urban violence, and planning and governance issues, and the text is supplemented by case studies demonstrating the recent effects of urbanization in key countries such as India, Brazil, Tanzania, Lebanon, and South Africa.

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28 October 2010

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Published in Urbanization and development (2010), Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, and Ravi Kanbur, Oxford University Press

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This Chapter is part of the centre's Urban programme, Neighbourhoods programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Urbanisation in developing countries