New forms of urbanization : beyond the urban-rural dichotomy

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Author:

Champion, A. G. (Anthony Gerard)

ISBN:

9780754635888

Publication Information:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Revised papers commissioned for and discussed at meetings of the Working Group on Urbanization of the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) held in Bellagio, Italy.

Contents:

Pt. 1 Introduction -- pt. 2. Regional perspectives on settlement change -- pt. 3. Case studies -- pt. 4. Conceptualizing settlement patterns -- pt. 5. Moving from the conceptual to the operational -- pt. 6. The way forward

Abstract:

"This book brings together a leading team of social scientists to present the latest information on urbanization around the world, highlighting examples of development patterns that are not adequately captured by the UN's type of reporting systems and drawing attention to other ways of representing current trends."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Urbanization -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.

Rural-urban migration -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.

Cities and towns -- Growth -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.

Human settlements -- Statistics -- Congresses.

Urbanization -- Statistics -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Champion, A. G. (Anthony Gerard)

Hugo, Graeme.

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There is increasing appreciation in the social sciences that context is an important element in understanding social, economic, cultural, political and demographic processes. An important element in context is the type of settlement in which people live and work and so, it is vital to be able to categorise people into particular settlements types. This book brings together a leading team of social scientists to present the latest information on urbanization around the world, highlighting examples of development patterns that are not adequately captured by the UN's type of reporting systems and drawing attention to other ways of representing current trends.