Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas

David Drakakis-Smith

Introduction: Urbanization, Economic Development, and Space 1. Dependent Urbanization in the Contemporary Semi-Periphery: Deepening the Analogy 2. ‘Anteroom to a Madhouse’: Economic Growth and Urban Development in Barcelona in the Franco Era 3. Urbanization at the Periphery: Reflections on the Changing Dynamics of Housing and Employment in Latin American Cities 4. Industrialization and Household Response: A Case Study of Penang 5. The Acceptable Face of Self-Help Housing: Subletting in Fiji Squatter Settlements – Exploitation or Survival Strategy? 6. The Built Environment and Social Movements in the Semi-Periphery: Urban Housing Provision in the Northern Territory of Australia 7. Upgrading the ‘Matchboxes’: Urban Renewal in Soweto, 1976-86 8. Economic Considerations on the Renovation of the Historic Centre of Salvador (Bahia), Brazil 9. Temporary Trading for Temporary People: The Making of Hawking in Soweto 10. Consumerism, the State, and the Informal Sector: Shebeens in South Africa’s Black Townships 11. The Last Frontier: The Emergence of the Industrial Palate in Hong Kong Bibliography Index