What Drives Third World City Growth? /

The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.Originally...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kelley, Allen C. (Author), Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Equilibrium (Economics)
Cities and towns > Growth > Mathematical models.
HISTORY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Villes > Croissance > Modeles mathematiques.
Cities and towns > Developing countries > Growth > Mathematical models.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Third World City Growth Problem
  • Chapter 2. Modeling Third World Urbanization and Economic Growth
  • Chapter 3. Fact or Fiction?
  • Chapter 4. How the Model Works: Short-run Impact Multipliers
  • Chapter 5. Past Sources of Third World City Growth
  • Chapter Six. Projections to the Year 2000
  • Chapter Seven. Summing Up
  • Appendix A. Mathematical Statement of the Core Economic Model
  • Appendix B. The Representative LDC in 1960
  • Appendix C. Dynamic Parameters
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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