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

• Autore: Hamza Mohamed
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76/09172/4; 307.76091724
• Soggetto topico: Urban economics -- Developing countries; Urban policy -- Developing countries; Urban poor -- Developing countries; Communities - Urban Groups; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ZetterRoger
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Market Economy and Urban Change
• ISBN: 9786610475575; 600-00-0233-5; 1-4175-8315-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450367803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II