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Across the developing world the preceding decade or so has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of the political economy of urban policy. This new policy environment is driven by globalization, the neo-liberal macro-economic package of 'market enablement' and structural adjustment, which now form the dominant development paradigm. The consequences of this approach for urban development agendas and ultimately the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across the globe are profound. Market Economy and Urban Change explores and evaluates urban sector and development policies in the context

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Urbanization --- Urban policy --- Cities and towns --- Urbanization - Developing countries --- Urban policy - Developing countries --- Cities and towns - Developing countries --- Amenagement et developpement du territoire --- Geographie zonale --- Milieu urbain --- Pays en voie de developpement

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Economic geography --- Developing countries --- Cities and towns --- Urban policy --- Urbanization --- Growth --- Growth. --- Growth, Urban --- Sprawl, Urban --- Urban development --- Urban growth --- Urban sprawl --- Migration, Internal --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Cities and towns - Developing countries --- Urban policy - Developing countries --- Urbanization - Developing countries --- Cities and towns - Growth

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Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living conditions, lack of adequate infrastructure and services, unsafe housing, inadequate nutrition, and poor health. These conditions can turn a natural hazard or change in climate into a disaster, and resu

City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries. --- Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on -- Developing countries. --- Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Developing countries. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Developing countries. --- Urban health -- Developing countries. --- Urban policy -- Developing countries. --- Urban poor -- Developing countries. --- Urban poor --- Climatic changes --- City planning --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Urban health --- Urban policy --- Organization and Administration --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Population --- Climatic Processes --- Financial Management --- International Cooperation --- Social Problems --- Disasters --- Internationality --- Environment --- Sociology --- Population Characteristics --- Ecological and Environmental Processes --- Health Services Administration --- Economics --- Social Sciences --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Biological Phenomena --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Climate Change --- Risk Management --- Developing Countries --- Disaster Planning --- Poverty --- Urban Population --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Welfare & Social Work - General --- Social aspects --- Effect of human beings on --- Environmental aspects --- City health --- Urban public health --- Urbanization --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Health aspects --- Planning --- Government policy --- Management --- Public health --- Land use --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban renewal --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Global environmental change