Third World Cities : Routledge : 9780415198820 : 0415198828 : 27 Apr 2000 : This imformative book is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic introduction to urbanization in developing areas. Using case studies of cities drawn from around the world, including Bangkok, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City, Singapore and cities in Zimbabwe, this key text confronts three main questions: Is there still a Third World, does it have a common urban form, and what is the relationship between urbanization and sustainability? The text analyzes: the dimension of urban growth in the third worldhistorical perspectives on urban growthurban population growthemployment and incomes in the citybasic needs and human rightsenvironmental problems in third world cities planning and management of cities.Containing a wealth of student-friendly features including boxed case-studies, discussion questions and guides for further reading, this text provides an invaluable introduction to the issues and process