Combating Urban Inequalities: Challenges for Managing Cities in the Developing World

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Beginning with the premise that socio-economic inequality is a significant development problem, an urban development specialist for the United Nations Volunteers Programme analyzes the relationship between urban management and unequal patterns of provision for urban services in unindustrialized countries. He draws particular attention to the increasingly diverse supply of urban services due to economic deregulation, and identifies several types of interaction between governments and supplies to help address inequality. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)