URBAN PROBLEMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON URBAN PROBLEMS AND POLICIES IN AN SPATIAL CONTEXT, AMSTERDAM 11-22 AUGUST 1980

The aim of this book is to outline the backgrounds and causes of urban developments in developing countries and regions: food and agriculture problems, lack of resources, urban agglomeration diseconomies, demographic trends, migration movements, social and political circumstances, housing and infrastructure problems. These topics are illustrated with case studies from India, Taiwan, Lebanon, Turkey, Nigeria and Korea. Attention is drawn to the relevant and operational theories which can be used to explain the above mentioned spatial developments. A critical evaluation of urban development policies in several countries is presented. Contributions by authors from developing countries are as follows: Urbanization andd Spatial Straucture of the Indian Economy (Pathak, CR); Urbanization and Urban Problems in Developing Countries--A Case of Taiwan, Republic of China (Tang, F-T); The Urbanization Pattern in Turkey and Its Future Development (Doekmeci, VF); On the Dynamics of Experience of Urbanization in Turkey (Tekeli, I); City Typology, Urbanization, and Urban Management in Arab Countries (Khuri, FI); Migration and Development (Chatterjee, L); Analysis of Immigrants in Madras City (Kamble, ND); The Integration of Migrants into Urban Culture (Suliman, NH and Morcos, W); Housing the Poor in Developing Countires: A Policy Framework (Chatterjee, L); Housing Problems and Policies: The Experience of a Tropical African Country--Nigeria (Abiodun, JO); Rural-Urban Migration and Formation of Squatters in Turkey (Oezsabuncuoglu, IH); Demographic Models for Third World Countries: Towards Operational Planning Tools (Doeve, WLJ); A Simulation Model for Testing Urban Population Distribution Policies in Relation to Selecting Growth Centers in Korea (Kwon, WY); An Application of the Garin Model--Istanbul Model (Goekan, K); Energy and Development in the Third World (Chatterjee, L); Energy Efficiency and Conservation in the

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• Authors:
  • Pathak, C R
  • Tang, F T
  • Doekmeci, V F
  • Tekeli, I
  • Khuri, I
  • Kamble, N D
  • Suliman, N H
  • Morcos, W
  • Abiodun, J O
  • Oezsabunchuoglu, I H
  • Doeve, WLJ
  • Kwon, W Y
  • Goekan, K
  • Elhance, A P
  • Chatterji, M
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 351 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; City planning; Conferences; Demographics; Developing countries; Development; Economic development; Economics; Energy conservation; Infrastructure; Migration; Motion; Natural resources; Policy; Politics; Population; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Urban areas; Urban development; Urbanization
• Geographic Terms: Egypt; India; Lebanon; Nigeria; South Korea; Taiwan; Turkey
• ITRD Terms: 347: Agriculture; 150: Developing countries; 9013: Development; 255: Economics; 8031: Egypt; 8045: India; 8058: Lebanon; 5483: Movement; 233: Natural resources; 8081: Nigeria; 173: Policy; 335: Population; 8092: Republic of Korea; 2253: Sociology; 8138: Taiwan, province of; 8117: Turkey; 313: Urban area; 374: Urban development
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370840
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 286 2661 1
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM