Land tenure issues can contribute to food insecurity, limited livelihood opportunities and
consequently poverty. Lack of land tenure can cause migratory movements that can affect …

Taking a broad perspective of livelihoods, this book draws on more than ninety case studies
from thirty-six countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to examine how people are …

The growth economies of Southeast Asia are presented by the World Bank and others as
exemplars of development-'miracle'economies to be emulated. How did the region attain …

The City in the Developing World is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to
urbanisation in developing countries. The goal of this text is to place an understanding of the …

The forces of economic and social change are reworking rural areas of the developing
world, sometimes fundamentally so. Agriculture is being squeezed by nonagricultural …

In many ways, my predecessor in this series of overview articles on Third World cities
(Gilbert, 1992, 1993, 1994) has already covered many of the major issues that have …

Since this book was originally planned, during the mid-1980s, Thailand has undergone
remarkable changes. The original intention was to explain the Kingdom's remarkable …

More than the Soil focuses on the social, cultural, economic and technological processes
that have transformed rural areas of Southeast Asia. The underlying premise is that rural …

Jabodetabek has developed from the small and separated city regions into a larger and
unified megacity. This area consists of Jakarta as the core city and its surrounding areas …

Building upon notions of extended urbanization, the essay reflects on the sensory
implications of what it means when urbanization becomes extensive, ie when decision …