Gebundenes Buch

Urbanization and Development in Asia

Multidimensional Perspectives

Herausgeber: Beall, Jo; Kanbur, Ravi; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb

Beschreibung

Using case studies from seven Asian countries, this volume examines why people move from rural to urban areas, how globalization affects such movements, and the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration.

Autor

Jo Beall is Director, Education and Society at the British Council. Formerly, she was Professor of Development Studies, Department of International Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis is Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Ravi Kanbur is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198078531
• ISBN-10: 0198078536
• Artikelnr.: 34739398