The Nature of Third World Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20085063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Drakakis‐smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 730-757 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Companion Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203416822-39 |
| OpenAlex | W3123240926 |
| ISBN | 9780203416822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The popular image of cities in developing countries tends to be dominated by the acute contrasts afforded by modern high-rise commercial buildings, replete with the premises of multinational firms, and squalid, chaotic squatter settlements. Not infrequently these occur side by side, which is very convenient for the ten-second background shot of a television reporter describing another ecodisaster or reactions to it. The Rio and Cairo meetings of the early 1990s provided many such visual ‘bites’, as did the Cancun summit a decade earlier
Geography · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2007 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |