Cities & the Developing World Books

New and Published Books

1. The Geographical Transformation of China

   Edited by Michael Dunford, Liu Weidong

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book presents an account and interpretation of the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China’s policy of reform and opening up as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Each chapter illustrates the ways in which the particular...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Development and Underdevelopment

   A Profile of the Third World

   By John P. Cole

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   Initially published in 1987, this work deals with crucial aspects of development, including disparities in global patterns of production and consumption. John Cole examines the exhaustion of non-renewable resources and the destruction of the natural environment and, on the potentially positive side...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World

   Edited by T. E. Smith

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation....

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

   By S. B. D. de Silva

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this reissue deals with the theory of underdevelopment, as Dr. de Silva attempts a synthesis between the internal and external aspects of underdevelopment and, in the Marxist tradition, focuses on the impact of the external on the internal as the dominant reality. Viewing...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Geography of Underdevelopment

   A Critical Survey

   By Dean Forbes

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1984, this title discusses the emergence of both the orthodox and political economy based approaches to underdevelopment in geography , critically assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and showing the relationship between intellectual developments and changing material...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Development of Capitalism in Africa

   By John Sender, Sheila Smith

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Social Policy in Developing Countries

   By Arthur Livingstone

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This reissue, first published in 1969, is a study of contemporary social policy in developing countries, which places the emphasis upon the human needs and requirements for social change which confront any people and any government, wherever their political and international affiliations lie,...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Socialism and Underdevelopment

   By Ken Post, Philip Wright

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   In this book, first published in 1989, Ken Post and Phil Wright provide a critical analysis of socialist construction in underdeveloped countries. Pointing out that all the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century have occurred in underdeveloped peripheral capitalist countries, they focus on...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Seaports and Development

   The Experience of Kenya and Tanzania

   By B. S. Hoyle

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This book, originally published in 1983, demonstrates the importance of seaports in the growth of less-developed countries. The author focuses on the character of port activity within the context of transport systems and regional economic planning. General principles of port development are...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Womens' Roles and Population Trends in the Third World

    Edited by Richard Anker, Marya Buvinic, Nadia H. Youssef

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between women’s roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and...

    Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge