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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450367803321

Autore

Hamza Mohamed

Titolo

Market Economy and Urban Change [[electronic resource] ] : Impacts in the Developing World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

9786610475575

600-00-0233-5

1-4175-8315-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZetterRoger

Disciplina

307.76/09172/4

307.76091724

Soggetti

Urban economics -- Developing countries

Urban policy -- Developing countries

Urban poor -- Developing countries

Communities - Urban Groups

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Market Economy and Urban Change: Impacts in the Developing World; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Dedication; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Market Enablement and the Urban Sector; Chapter 2 Developmen tal Welfare and Political Economy: Reflections on Policy-conditioned Aid and Strategic Redirections of International Housing and Urban Policies, 1960-2000; Chapter 3 The State, Foreign Aid and the Political Economy of Shelter in Egypt; Chapter 4 Tackling Urban Poverty: Principles and Practice in Project and Programme Design in Kenya

Chapter 5 Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide: What Can the Urban Learn from the Rural? Reflections on the Case of MexicoChapter 6 Between Command and Market Economies: The Changing Roles of Public and Private Housing Sectors in Transitional Economies; Chapter 7 Urban Land Tenure in Brazil: From Centralized State to Market Processes of



Housing Land Delivery; Chapter 8 Market Enablement and the Reconfiguration of Urban Structure in Colombia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Across the developing world the preceding decade or so has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of the political economy of urban policy. This new policy environment is driven by globalization, the neo-liberal macro-economic package of 'market enablement' and structural adjustment, which now form the dominant development paradigm. The consequences of this approach for urban development agendas and ultimately the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the globe are profound.   Market Economy and Urban Change explores and evaluates urban sector and development policies in the context