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Cities, poverty, and development : urbanization in the Third World

Title
  1. Cities, poverty, and development : urbanization in the Third World / by Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler.
Published by
  1. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1982, ©1981.
Author
  1. Gilbert, Alan, 1944-

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Additional authors
  1. Gugler, Josef.
Description
  1. viii, 246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. In a squatter neighbourhood of Nairobi (Kenya), sexual division of labour in the informal sector is examined. Five categories of neighbourhood iinformal sector activity were analysed: the entertainment industry, rental of habitat, shop-keeping, small-scale production or services and hawking. Capital investment and costs and incomes were registered. Women owner-operators were predominant in beer-brewing and prostitution, habitat rental and vegetable retailing sectors. A correlation between female barrenness and business success was noted. It is concluded that women sell in the iinformal urban market place the skills they normally practice in the home. It is recommended that urban iinformal sector studies emphasise gender issues.
Alternative title
  1. Urbanization in the Third World
Subject
  1. Urbanization > Developing countries
  2. Cities and towns > Developing countries > Case studies
  3. Housing > Developing countries
  4. Poor > Developing countries
  5. Sociology, Urban
  6. urban sociology
  7. Cities and towns
  8. Housing
  9. Poor
  10. Sociology, Urban
  11. Urbanization
  12. Verstädterung
  13. Urbanisatie
  14. Armoede
  15. social implication
  16. economic implication
  17. poverty
  18. urbanization
  19. trend
  20. population growth
  21. urban population
  22. urban development
  23. regional disparity
  24. rural migration
  25. labour market
  26. employment
  27. informal economy
  28. living conditions
  29. social problem
  30. political aspect
  31. development planning
  32. statistical table
  33. Urbanisation > Pays en voie de développement
  34. pays en voie de développement > urbanisation
  35. conséquences sociales
  36. conséquences économiques
  37. pauvreté
  38. urbanisation
  39. tendance
  40. croissance démographique
  41. population urbaine
  42. développement urbain
  43. disparité régionale
  44. migration rurale
  45. marché du travail
  46. emploi
  47. économie informelle
  48. conditions de vie
  49. problème social
  50. aspect politique
  51. planification du développement
  52. tableau statistique
  53. consecuencias sociales
  54. consecuencias económicas
  55. pobreza
  56. urbanización
  57. tendencia
  58. crecimiento demográfico
  59. población urbana
  60. desarrollo urbano
  61. desigualdad regional
  62. migración rural
  63. mercado de trabajo
  64. empleo
  65. economía informal
  66. condiciones de vida
  67. problema social
  68. aspecto político
  69. planificación del desarrollo
  70. cuadros estadísticos
  71. Developing countries
  72. Entwicklungsländer
  73. developing countries
  74. pays en développement
  75. países en desarrollo
Genre/Form
  1. Case studies
  2. bibliography.
  3. bibliographie.
  4. bibliografía.
Contents
  1. 1. Urban development in a world system -- 2. Urban agglomeration and regional disparities -- 3. The rural-urban interface and migration -- 4. Employment in the city -- 5. The housing of the urban poor -- 6. Urban ways of life -- 7. Political responses to poverty -- 8. Urban and regional systems: A suitable case for treatment?
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [201]-235.