Planet of Slums

By Mike Davis, Mike Davis, José María Amoroto Salido

Subjects: Growth, Periferie - Condizioni economiche e sociali - Paesi in via di sviluppo, Sociologie urbaine, Stedelijke gebieden, Urbanization, Krottenwijken, Hv4028 .d39 2006, Slums, Vie urbaine, Urban poor, Condizioni economiche e sociali, Condizioni socioeconomiche, Urban renewal, Rural-urban migration, Taudis, Grossstadt, Sociology, urban, Cities and towns, growth, Periferie, Città - Condizioni economiche e sociali - Paesi in via di sviluppo, Cities and towns, Pauvres en milieu urbain, Urban Sociology, Slum, Paesi in via di sviluppo, 307.76, Armoede, Internal migration, City and town life, Großstadt, Città

Description: Mike Davis charts the expected global urbanization explosion over the next 30 years and points out that outside China most of the rest of the world's urban growth will be without industrialization or development, rather a 'peverse' urban boom in spite of stagnant or negative urban economic growth.