Virtually all of the growth in the worldaEURO (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 governanceaEURO"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 childrenaEURO (TM)s lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.
- ISBN10 0309511488
- ISBN13 9780309511483
- Publish Date 30 June 2014 (first published 22 May 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Academies Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 551
- Language English