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.

Summary:

Introduction to urbanization in developing countries - covers the urban area problem of adjustment to social change, the role of the city and its relationship to industrialization, population problems (including internal migration and labour mobility), the need for urban planning (incl. Better housing), trends for the future. Asian, African, and Latin American urban patterns, case study of delhi - new delhi. Statistical tables, references.

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.
urban area.
social change.
industrialization.
population.
internal migration.
labour mobility.
urban planning.
housing.
trend.
case study.
statistical table.
urbanisation.
zone urbaine.
changement social.
industrialisation.
migration interne.
mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre.
aménagement urbain.
logement.
tendance.
étude de cas.
tableau statistique.
urbanización.
zona urbana.
cambio social.
industrialización.
población.
migración interna.
movilidad de la mano de obra.
planificación urbana.
vivienda.
tendencia.
estudio de casos.
cuadros estadísticos.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer.
Africa.
Asia.
developing countries.
Latin America.
Afrique.
Amérique latine.
Asie.
pays en développement.
América Latina.
países en desarrollo.

Form/genre:

reference.
référence bibliographique.
referencia.

Added entries:

Modernization of traditional societies series.

Holdings:

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