Robert B. Potter, Sally Lloyd-Evans

1. The Nature and Scale of Urbanisation in the Developing World 2. Third World Urbanisation and Development: Theoretical Perspectives 3. National Urban Systems and Global Development 4. National Urban Development Strategies 5. Urbanisation and Basic Needs: Education, Health and Food 6. The Structure and Morphology of Cities in Developing Areas: Can we Generalise?7. Housing and Shelter in Third World Cities: Rags and Riches 8. Employment and Work in the Developing World City 9. Cities and Environmental Sustainability in the Developing World 10. The Future of the City in the Developing World: the Policy Agenda

A comprehensive introduction to urbanisation in developing countries. The goal of this text is to place an understanding of the developing world city in its wider global context. The important themes of globalisation, modernity and postmodernity are examined both in relation to the structure of sets of towns and cities which make up the national or regional urban system, and in respect of ideas and concepts dealing with the morphology, structure and social patterning of individual urban areas.