A comprehensive analysis of Indian urbanization. After a brief introduction to the Indian economy, it relates urbanization to economic development during the twentieth century. Several chapters analyze the size distributions of Indian cities, and related government policies, during recent decades. Other chapters analyze productivity in cities, ...
This volume focuses on the question of whether African development has historically been weighted in favour of the urban areas. While the authors come out clearly against "urban bias", one of their main worries is that the benefits, and the necessity, of urban development are being lost in current adjustment approaches. What is necessary, they ...
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