Main entry:

Jenkins, Paul, 1953-

Title & Author:

Planning and housing in the rapidly urbanising world / Paul Jenkins, Harry Smith, and Ya Ping Wang.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2007.

Description:

xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Housing, planning, and design series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-360) and index.
Urbanisation and globalisation -- Development discourse -- A new international political economy approach to urban development in the rapidly urbanising world -- Pre-capitalist 'traditional' shelter and urban settlements -- Colonial and neo-colonial planning and housing -- Planning in the period 1960-90 -- Housing in the period 1960-90 -- Post-1990 issues in planning and housing -- Urban development and housing in sub-saharan Africa -- Urban development and housing in Latin America -- Urban development and housing in east Asia.

Summary:

"Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World explores a range of international approaches to this trend within the fields of housing and urban planning, with a particular focus on countries in the South. The impact on land use and housing is described and analysed with reference to the related issues of poverty, health and the environment."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415357969 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415357968 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415357977 (pb ; alk. paper)
9780415357975 (pb ; alk. paper)
0203003993 (ebk)
9780203003992 (ebk)

Subject:

Urbanization.
Community development, Urban.
City planning.
Housing.
Urban policy Developing countries Case studies.
City Planning
Urbanisation.
Développement communautaire urbain.
Urbanisme.
Logement.
Politique urbaine Pays en voie de développement Études de cas.
urbanization.
urban planning.
housing (concept)
Urban policy.
Wohnungswesen
Verstädterung
Stadtplanung
Stadsplanering.
Urbanisering.
Developing countries.
Entwicklungsländer

Form/genre:

Case studies.

Added entries:

Smith, Harry, 1963-
Wang, Ya Ping, 1957-
Housing, planning, and design series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249535
Call No.: BIB 179126
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available