A01=Committee on Population
A01=Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
A01=National Research Council
A01=Panel on Urban Population Dynamics
Author_Committee on Population
Author_Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Author_National Research Council
Author_Panel on Urban Population Dynamics
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- ISBN 9780309088626
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Apr 2003
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Virtually all of the growth in the worlda (TM)s population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governancea "as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health, education, and public services are increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Demographers have been surprisingly slow to devote attention to the implications of the urban transformation. Drawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, Cities Transformed explores the implications of various urban contexts for marriage, fertility, health, schooling, and childrena (TM)s lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.
Panel on Urban Population Dynamics, Mark R. Montgomery, Richard Stren, Barney Cohen, and Holly E. Reed, Editors, National Research Council
