Offers a global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. Using an operational definition of slums, this title presents estimates of the number of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors at various levels that underlie the formation of slums as well as their social, spatial and economic characteristics and dynamics.

* The most authoritative and up-to-date review of the development of the world's cities and other human settlements

'This book presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasising their problems and prospects.' Oxfam Development Resources Review 'Case studies, statistics, bibliography, and index complement a detailed, lucid, and impressive exposition of the anatomy of the slum.' CHOICE Middletown, CT Aug 2004 'Excellent resource for anyone interested in urban topics in developing nations, and as baseline for thinking about future development policy' FUTURE SURVEY 26:2 February 2004