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Urban Poverty in the Global South : Scale and Nature.

One in seven of the world's population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the Global South - mostly in overcrowded informal settlements with inadequate water, sanitation, health care and schools provision. This book explains how and why the scale and depth of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitlin, Diana
Otros Autores: Satterthwaite, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why this book?
  • Measuring poverty
  • Why is health so poor among low-income urban dwellers
  • Incomes and livelihoods
  • Critical issues in urban inequality
  • Broading the understanding and measurement of urban poverty.