Population growth and rapid urbanization in the developing world

Umar G. Benna (Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria), Shaibu Bala Garba (Qatar University, Qatar), editors

"This book emphasizes the trends, challenges, issues, and strategies developing countries evaluate when facing a population upsurge and expeditious development of urban environments, exploring the use of different governance techniques, trending patterns in urbanization and population growth, as well as tools and the appropriate allocation of resources used to address these issues"--Provided by publisher.

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Year of publication:	[2016]
Other Persons:	Benna, Umar G. (ed.) ; Garba, Shaibu Bala (ed.)
Publisher:	Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global
Subject:	Urbanisierung \| Urbanization \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Bevölkerungsentwicklung \| Demographic development \| Bevölkerungswachstum \| Population growth \| Stadtwachstum \| Urban growth \| Verstädterung

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (358 Seiten)
Series:	Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development (AEGDDRD) book series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers Mode of access: World Wide Web From rural majority to urban majority Africans: where will they work? / Umar G. Benna -- Water crises in urban-rural gradients of African drylands: insights into opportunities and constraints / Adnan Abdulhamid, Aliyu Barau -- Achieving sustainable cities in Saudi Arabia: juggling the competing urbanization challenges / Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Yusuf Adedoyin Aina -- Past, present and future population growth and urban management in Zimbabwe: putting institutions into perspective / Innocent Chirisa [and 4 others] -- Urbanization in Ghana: insights and implications for urban governance / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie -- China's population aging and new urbanization / Mingxing Chen, Hua Zhang, Yinghua Gong -- Effective urban infrastructure governance in Africa: resolving the wealth-poverty paradox / Peter Elias, Olatunji Babatola, Ademola Omojola -- A tale of four developing cities: leveraging relational capital for knowledge-based development / Blanca C. Garcia -- Cities in the Gulf: rapid urban development and the search for identity in a global world / Djamel Boussaa -- Coping with erratic water supply in small towns / Never Mujere, Trust Saidi -- Population growth, governance and urban social conflicts in Africa / Shaibu Bala Garba -- Population growth and water supply: the future of Ghanaian cities / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Dennis Kwadwo Okyere, Eric Gaisie -- Technology and the urban future in developing countries: the case of Africa / Antar A. AbouKorin -- Population growth and urbanization in Africa: implications for the environment / Samuel Adams, Eric Evans Osei Opoku -- Ecological influences on the evolving planning system in Turkey / Ufuk Fatih Küçükali Also available in print.
ISBN:	978-1-5225-0188-6 ; 978-1-5225-0187-9 ; 1-5225-0187-8
Other identifiers:	10.4018/978-1-5225-0187-9 [DOI]
Classification:	Stadtgeographie, Siedlungsgeographie ; Großgebiete
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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