Market economy and urban change : impacts in the developing world / / edited by Roger Zetter and Mohamed Hamza

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973943103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2004
• ISBN: 9786610475575; 9781280475573; 1280475579; 9781136561412; 1136561412; 9781849771955; 1849771952; 9786000002336; 6000002335; 9781417583157; 1417583150
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ZetterRoger; HamzaMohammed
• Disciplina: 307.76/09172/4
• Soggetti: Urban policy - Developing countries; Urban poor - Developing countries; Developing countries Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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