Globalization and urban social movements. The case of metro Manila, the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2852933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ton Naerssen (1. [email protected]), Ton Van Naerssen (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 157 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 677-689 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003806 |
| OpenAlex | W2080255889 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Around three billion people, or half of the world's population, live in cities today, and their numbers are increasing rapidly. Since no population increase is expected in the countryside, it is estimated that within a few years the urban population will exceed the rural population. The growth in the urban population will mainly occur in developing countries. Only fifteen years ago, around one billion people lived in the cities of the South; today that number has doubled. During the coming decades more than 95 percent of the increase of the urban population will occur in cities of the South, an absolute increase of more than two billion. Thus, by the year 2025 four billion people will be living in Southern cities (UNHCS 1996). Much has been written about the problems accompanying rapid urban growth, such as the spread of squatter settlements and urban poverty, deteri oration of the physical infrastructure and the increase in violence. Naturally, it is the poor in particular who are suffering from the worsening conditions in the cities. Yet in spite of the many problems they face, the poor also per ceive cities as environments that offer opportunities to pursue their strategies for coping with poverty. Contrary to analyses based on ideas of the 'culture of poverty' (Lewis 1965), the poor are not merely passive recipients of urban problems. During the past decades, it has been demonstrated in many coun tries that the poor are able to organize themselves, for example by squatting land and building their own shelters. Community-based organizations (CBOs) of the urban poor and supportive non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been actively involved in improving the urban environment, especially in the South. In some countries they form umbrella organizations or networks, thus bringing urban social movements into existence. I admit the value of Castells' (1983) definition that an urban social move ment should change the meaning of the city. However, I will limit the notion to that of a network of urban CBOs and NGOs aiming to obtain access to land and collective goods and services (such as clean water, sanitation and health
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Human settlement · Political science · Population · Population growth · Poverty · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Philippine History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |