International Handbook of Urban Systems

Edited by H. S. Geyer

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Abstract: This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world’s most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on urban development in a wide selection of advanced and developing countries in all the major regions of the world over the past half century.

Keywords: Development Studies; Social Policy and Sociology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
ISBN: 9781840649000
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The fundamentals of urban space

Geyer H.s

Ch 2 An exploration in migration theory

Geyer H.s

Ch 3 On urban systems evolution

Geyer H.s

Ch 4 The urban future

Geyer H.s

Ch 5 Population change and migration in the British urban system

Champion A.g

Ch 6 The French urban system

P. Pumain

Ch 7 Urbanization in Germany before and after unification

P. Gans and Kemper F.j

Ch 8 Urban development in the Netherlands: new perspectives

Peter Nijkamp and E. Goede

Ch 9 Counter-urbanization in Italy

P. Petsimeris

Ch 10 Past, present and future of urbanization in Finland

E. Heikkilä and T. Järvinen

Ch 11 The maturing of the Polish urban system

Z. Rykiel and I. Ja_d_ewska

Ch 12 The maturing of the Romanian urban system

I. Iano_

Ch 13 The demographic transition and urban development in Turkey

T. Baycan Levent

Ch 14 A history of recent urban development in the United States

Frey W.h

Ch 15 The dynamics of the Canadian urban system

Bourne L.s and Simmons J.w

Ch 16 Evolution and maturing of the Mexican urban system

Aguilar A.g and B. Graizbord

Ch 17 Urbanization and the redistribution of population in Brazil: recent changes and trends

R. Baeninger

Ch 18 Migration and the development of the Japanese urban system, 1950-2000

Fielding A.j

Ch 19 Migration and the urban system of South Korea

Richardson H.w, Bae C.c and M. Jun

Ch 20 Urbanization and migration in India: a different scene

S. Mukherji

Ch 21 Current perspectives on urban change in South Africa

Geyer H.s and I.j van der Merwe

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