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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2021
    Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa, Southern Africa

    Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities. Launching as a call to action for national governments ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, it builds on the Coalition’s flagship 2019 report: Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2008
    China, India

    The early development strategies of both China and India were urban- and industry-focused, discounting the importance of rural development. Despite sweeping reforms in both countries, the urban bias and subsequent spatial disparities still exist today. In order to reduce poverty and increase growth, developing countries need to correct these spatial disparities through a set of policies that take advantage of the synergies and linkages between rural and urban areas.

  3. Library Resource
    April, 2013
    India

    The report is organized into three
    chapters: chapter two looks at the pace and patterns of
    India's urbanization, providing a 100-year perspective
    on demographic shifts and a 20-year perspective on the
    spatial distribution of jobs across India's portfolio
    of settlements. The review is based on a careful, spatially
    detailed analysis of data from economic and demographic
    censuses, annual surveys of industry, national sample

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