Urbanization and Slum Formation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12474358
AutoresGiok Ling Ooi (Nanyang Technological University, autor de correspondencia), Kai Hong Phua (0000-0002-0312-678X)
Año2007
Volumen84
NúmeroS1
Páginas27-34
Fecha de publicación2007-03-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Urban Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1099-3460 • E-ISSN: 1468-2869
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11524-007-9167-5
PMID17387618
PMCIDPMC1891640
OpenAlexW2020940157
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas38
Referencias citadas4

The formation of slums need not be inevitable with rapid urbanization. Such an argument appears to be contradicted by evidence of large slum populations in a large number of developing countries and particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions like Asia. The evidence discussed suggests that city authorities faced with rapid urban development lack the capacity to cope with the diverse demands for infrastructural provision to meet economic and social needs. Not only are strategic planning and intervention major issues in agenda to manage rapid urbanization, but city governments are not effectively linking the economic development trajectory to implications for urban growth and, hence, housing needs. In the following discussion, a case study is presented in support of the argument that city governments have to first recognize and then act to establish the link that is crucial between economic development, urban growth, and housing. This is the agendum that has been largely neglected by city and national governments that have been narrowly focused on economic growth with the consequent proliferation of slum formation as a housing solution

Argument (complex analysis · Business · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Population · Slum · Sociology · Urban planning · Urbanization · Urban and Rural Development Challenges