Main entry:

Breese, Gerald William.

Title & Author:

Urbanization in newly developing countries / Gerald Breese.

Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1966.

Description:

viii, 151 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Series:

Modernization of traditional societies series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Some Matters of Definition -- Approach to the Subject -- Data Limits and Terms of Reference -- Ch. 1. The Scale and Pace of Urbanization -- World Population Changes -- World Urbanization Since 1800 -- Urbanization in Major Geographic Regions -- Asian, African, and Latin American Urban Patterns -- Urbanization by Country: Per Cent Urban and Size of Places -- Conclusion -- Ch. 2. The City Its Role, Form, and Structure -- Historic Roles of Cities Prior to Modernization -- Urban Roles for Emerging Nations -- Contemporary Roles of Urban Areas -- Comparative Analysis of Urbanization -- Typology of Urban Areas -- Industrialization and Urbanization -- Morphology of Urban Areas -- A Case Study of Delhi-New Delhi, India -- Internal Contrats in Indian Cities -- Land Use -- The Components of Large Indian Urban Areas -- Growth and Pattern -- Conclusion -- Ch. 3. The Inhabitants -- Who Are the Inhabitants? -- Origins of the Urban Population -- Internal and Temporal Variations in Migration -- The Urban Individual and the Family -- Class Structure and Group Affiliation -- Urban Institutions in Newly Developing Countries -- General Considerations -- Ch. 4. The Developing City -- Growth Patterns -- Ecological Processes -- Land Use, Values, and Ownership -- The Mechanics of Urban Life -- Urban Planning in Newly Developing Countries -- Ch. 5. The Shape of Things to Come -- Overurbanization -- Projections -- In the Past a Prologue? -- The City Is the Country.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents
93

Subject:

Urbanization Developing countries.
Urbanization.
Urbanisation.
urbanization.
Migration.
Stadt.
Stadtsoziologie.
Verstädterung
Urbanisatie.
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
Cities and towns, Planning.
Cities and towns Developing countries.
Urbanisation Pays en voie de développement.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer.

Added entries:

Modernization of traditional societies series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 139062
Call No.: ID:87-B17082
Status: Available