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Planet of Slums

by Mike Davis, Mike Davis, José María Amoroto SalidoNot on Booklabria yet

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Mike Davis charts the expected global urbanization explosion over the next 30 years and points out that outside China most of the rest of the world's urban growth will be without industrialization or development, rather a 'peverse' urban boom in spite of stagnant or negative urban economic growth.

Subjects: City and town life
Cities and towns
Growth
Urbanization
Vie urbaine
Sociology, urban

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