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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Human geography ; volume 14 |
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Routledge library editions. Human geography ; volume 14
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part One: Orientation; 2 Defining development; Development as economic growth; Development as modernization; Development as distributive justice; Development as socio-economic transformation; The nature of underdevelopment; 3 Geographic space and development; Space as part of socio-economic formation; Defining spatial structure; Elements of spatial organization; Development as spatial reorganization |
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Part Two: Rural Development4 Collapse of traditional rural structures; Traditional rural structures in Africa; The impact of colonial exploitation; Effects on the traditional rural structure; Post-colonial aggravation of rural conditions; 5 The nature of rural development; A critique of rural development projects; The nature of rural spatial reorganization; Social relations in spatial reorganization; 6 Strategy of rural development; Conceptual basis for the strategy of the 'big push'; Empirical evidence: Britain, United States, Soviet Union, China, Tanzania; Part Three: Urban Development |
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7 Emergent urbanizationTypology of colonial urbanization; Colonial impact on the traditional urban economy; Post-colonial urbanization and import-substituting industrialization; Emergent urban systems in underdeveloped countries; Patterns of urbanization; 8 Urban crisis of underdevelopment; Growth of the urban population; Urban unemployment and the growth of the informal sector; Environmental problems of cities in underdeveloped countries; Social alienation and urban management; 9 Urban system and national development; The conceptual basis of urban development |
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Demand factors in the strategy of urbanizationTechnological choices and industrial development; Programme of urban development; Urban planning and management; Part Four: National Integration; 10 Integrating the national population; Population growth; Population density; The concept of a human carrying capacity; The role of social development; Population mobility and spatial interaction; Population planning and national integration; 11 Information flows; The nature of information; Network of information channels; Information flow and popular mobilization |
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Developing a control information system12 Movements of goods and services; Colonial spatial integrative strategy; A model of transportation development; Transportation for self-centred development; Organizing the flow of goods and services; 13 External relations; Problems of external dependent relations; The role of multinational corporations; The metropolitan interests; The constraints of future global resources; The concept of selective closure; The imperative of regional organizations; 14 Conclusion; The investment-mobilization distinction; The ideological smokescreen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 22, 2015) |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Space in economics.
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economic development.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic development
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Space in economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317331193 |
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1317331192 |
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9781315658483 |
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1315658488 |
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9781317331179 |
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1317331176 |
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9781317331186 |
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1317331184 |
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1138998478 |
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9781138998476 |
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9781138998810 |
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1138998818 |
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