Development and Cities: Essays from Development in Practice

*Wide range of authors and contributors, drawn from a variety of backgrounds and countries including Cuba, Ecuador, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Peru, Tanzania, and the UK*Includes annotated bibliography of current and classic titles on the subject, which constitute an essential reading list on the topic of 'development and cities'*Includes specially commissioned introductory overview by David WestendorffApproaches to sustainable development in cities of the South have focused too exclusively on narrow technical aspects of environmental protection, and have not benefited the large majority of urban residents in cities and peri-urban areas. However, in many countries of the South, the disengagement of government along with budgetary constraints, a reliance on cost-recovery mechanisms within structural adjustment packages, and increasing disparity between poor and rich, further reduce access by the poor to even the most rudimentary services. "Development and Cities" focuses on the political, social, and economic viability of new or alternative approaches to urb