Cities Transformed Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

Virtually all of the growth in the worlds population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlo...

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Hauptverfasser:	Council, National Research, Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and, Population, Committee on, Dynamics, Panel on Urban Population, Reed, Holly E, Cohen, Barney, Stren, Richard, Montgomery, Mark R
Format:	E-Book Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C National Academies Press 2003 The National Academies Press National Academies Natl Academy Press Publications Sales Office
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	Bevölkerungsentwicklung Cities Cities and towns City dwellers Demographic change Developing countries Entwicklungsländer Forecasts Growth Population Population forecasting Quality of life Stadtentwicklung Stadtwachstum Stadtökonomik Städtische Armut Städtischer Arbeitsmarkt Towns Twenty-first century Urban areas Urban policy Urbanization
ISBN:	9780309088626, 0309088623
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FrontMatter -- Pravin Visaria (1937-2001) -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Location Matters -- 3 Urban Population Change: A Sketch -- 4 Urban Population Dynamics: Models, Measures, and Forecasts -- 5 Diversity and Inequality -- 6 Fertility and Reproductive Health -- 7 Mortality and Morbidity: Is City Life Good for Your Health? -- 8 The Urban Economy Transformed -- 9 The Challenge of Urban Governance -- 10 Looking Ahead -- References -- Appendices -- A Concepts and Definitions of Metropolitan Regions -- B Mathematical Derivations -- C Linking DHS Surveys to United Nations City Data -- D United Nations Estimates and Projections -- E Measuring Relative Poverty with DHS Data -- F Recommendations for the Demographic and Health Surveys -- Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index -- The Committee on Population