Urbanization and development: multidisciplinary perspectives/ (Record no. 157170)
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| fixed length control field | 00367nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199590148 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 307.1416 |
| Item number | BEA/U |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Urbanization and development: multidisciplinary perspectives/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxi, 327 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES | |
| Title | (Studies in development economics) |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development --<br/>2. Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends / Jo Beall / Basudeb Guha-Knasnobis / Ravi Kanbur --<br/>3. Agglomeration Index: Towards A New Measure of Urban Concentration / David E. Bloom / David Canning / Patrick Salyer / Günther Fink / Tarun Khanna --<br/>4. Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle: A Multi-Generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas, 1968-2008 / Hirotsugu Uchida / Andrew Nelson --<br/>5. Urban Myths and the Mis-Use of Data that Underpin Them / Janice E. Perlman --<br/>6. Evolving City Systems / David Satterthwaite --<br/>7. Suburbanization and Residential Desegregation in South Africa's Cities / Henry G. Overman / Anthony J. Venables --<br/>8. The Face of Urban Poverty: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries / Wim Naudé --<br/>9. The Legacy Effect of Squatter Settlements on Urban Redevelopment / Ben C. Arimah --<br/>10. The Gendered Nature of Asset Accumulation in Urban Contexts: Longitudinal Results from Guayaquil, Ecuador / Geoffrey K. Turnbull / Ignacio A. Navarro --<br/>11. Violent Urbanization and Homogenization of Space and Place: Reconstructing the Story of Sectarian Violence in Beirut / Andrew Felton / Caroline Moser --<br/>12. Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation / Nasser Yassin --<br/>13. Urban Violence Is Not (Necessarily) a Way of Life: Towards a Political Economy of Conflict in Cities / Deborah Fahy Bryceson --<br/>14. Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India / Dennis Rodgers --<br/>15. Solid Wastes, Poverty, and the Environment in Developing Country Cities: Challenges and Opportunities / Hyoung Gun Wang / Uwe Deichmann / Somik V. Lall --<br/>16. Building Sustainable Historic Centres: A Comparative Approach for Innovative Urban Projects / Martin Medina --<br/>17. Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding, and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach / Adriana Rabinovich / Andrea Catenazzi. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Urbanization--Economic aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Developing countries |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Beall, Jo, ed. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, ed. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kanbur, Ravi, ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 307.1416 BEA/U | P11993 | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | General Books |