E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Kelley / Burley What Drives Third World City Growth?
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5563-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5563-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.
Originally published in 1984.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Figures, pg. ix
Tables, pg. xi
Preface, pg. xv
Chapter 1. The Third World City Growth Problem, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Modeling Third World Urbanization and Economic Growth, pg. 13
Chapter 3. Fact or Fiction?, pg. 74
Chapter 4. How the Model Works: Short-run Impact Multipliers, pg. 100
Chapter 5. Past Sources of Third World City Growth, pg. 125
Chapter Six. Projections to the Year 2000, pg. 142
Chapter Seven. Summing Up, pg. 178
Appendix A. Mathematical Statement of the Core Economic Model, pg. 187
Appendix B. The Representative LDC in 1960, pg. 203
Appendix C. Dynamic Parameters, pg. 227
References, pg. 249
Index, pg. 267
