Urbanization and Development: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

INTRODUCTION 1. Beyond the Tipping Point: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Urbanization and Development DATA AND DEFINITIONS 2. Urban Settlement: Data, Measures, and Trends 3. Agglomeration Index: Towards A New Measure of Urban Concentration 4. Parsing the Urban Poverty Puzzle: A Multi-generational Panel Study in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas, 1968-2008 5. Urban Myths and the Mis-use of Data that Underpin Them ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF URBANIZATION 6. Evolving City Systems 7. Suburbanization and Residential Desegregation in South Africa's Cities URBANIZATION: SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES 8. The Face of Urban Poverty: Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries 9. The Legacy Effect of Squatter Settlements on Urban Redevelopment 10. The Gendered Nature of Asset Accumulation in Urban Contexts: Longitudinal Results from Guayaquil, Ecuador URBAN VIOLENCE 11. Violent Urbanization and Homogenization of Space and Place: Reconstructing the Story of Sectarian Violence in Beirut 12. Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation 13. Urban Violence Is (not) Necessarily a Way Of life: Towards a Political Economy of Conflict in Cities URBAN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE 14. Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India 15. Solid Wastes, Poverty and the Environment in Developing Country Cities: Challenges and Opportunities 16. Building Sustainable Historic Centres: A Comparative Approach for Innovative Urban Projects EPILOGUE Themes Emerging, Questions Outstanding, and the Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach