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Cities Transformed : Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (550 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780309511483
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cities TransformedDDC classification:
  • 307.76091724
LOC classification:
  • HB884.C58 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
FrontMatter -- Pravin Visaria (1937-2001) -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Location Matters -- 3 Urban Population Change: A Sketch -- 4 Urban Population Dynamics: Models, Measures, and Forecasts -- 5 Diversity and Inequality -- 6 Fertility and Reproductive Health -- 7 Mortality and Morbidity: Is City Life Good for Your Health? -- 8 The Urban Economy Transformed -- 9 The Challenge of Urban Governance -- 10 Looking Ahead -- References -- Appendices -- A Concepts and Definitions of Metropolitan Regions -- B Mathematical Derivations -- C Linking DHS Surveys to United Nations City Data -- D United Nations Estimates and Projections -- E Measuring Relative Poverty with DHS Data -- F Recommendations for the Demographic and Health Surveys -- Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index -- The Committee on Population.
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FrontMatter -- Pravin Visaria (1937-2001) -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Location Matters -- 3 Urban Population Change: A Sketch -- 4 Urban Population Dynamics: Models, Measures, and Forecasts -- 5 Diversity and Inequality -- 6 Fertility and Reproductive Health -- 7 Mortality and Morbidity: Is City Life Good for Your Health? -- 8 The Urban Economy Transformed -- 9 The Challenge of Urban Governance -- 10 Looking Ahead -- References -- Appendices -- A Concepts and Definitions of Metropolitan Regions -- B Mathematical Derivations -- C Linking DHS Surveys to United Nations City Data -- D United Nations Estimates and Projections -- E Measuring Relative Poverty with DHS Data -- F Recommendations for the Demographic and Health Surveys -- Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index -- The Committee on Population.

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