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001 2015016245
003 DLC
005 20151223083109.0
008 150430s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015016245
020 $a9781138193536 (paperback)
020 $a9781138024014 (hardback)
020 $z9781315776118 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ad------
050 00 $aHQ1240.5.D44$bM678 2016
082 00 $a307.76$223
084 $aBUS000000$aBUS020000$aBUS072000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMoser, Caroline O. N.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGender, asset accumulation and just cities :$bpathways to transformation? /$cedited by Caroline O.N. Moser.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2016.
300 $axi, 208 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"With more than half the world's population now living in urban areas, urbanization is undoubtedly one of the most important phenomena of the 21st century. As cities across the Global South expand exponentially in size and multiply in number, the disjuncture between the economic functions, institutional architecture and planning processes of cities, and the needs of its population, increases while a major outcome of these processes is searing inequality.There is a need, therefore, for individuals, households and local communities in low-income settlements to seek to address the situation themselves by relentlessly and systematically fighting to accumulate the asset portfolios of physical (housing), human (education and health), social, and financial (savings) capital necessary to get out of poverty.Bearing in mind the strategies researchers, policymakers, planners and practitioners can adopt to support such strategies while also confronting the challenges of 21st century urban areas, the aim of this book is to identify the contribution that a focus on assets and the asset planning processes makes to the development of more inclusive, just cities"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.$2bisacsh
650 0 $aWomen in development$zDeveloping countries$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aSaving and investment$zDeveloping countries$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zDeveloping countries$xHistory$y21st century.