New forms of urbanization :  beyond the urban-rural dichotomy / 
edited by Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo. 
 - xxiv, 420 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Revised papers commissioned for and discussed at meetings of the Working Group on Urbanization of the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) held in Bellagio, Italy. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-411) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Introduction: Moving Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy /  Lest We Re-invent the Wheel: Lessons from Previous Experience /  World Urbanization: Trends and Prospects /  Regional Perspectives on Settlement Change --  The Fading of City-Suburb and Metro-Nonmetro Distinctions in the United States /  Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Latin America: Concepts and Data Limitations /  Urbanization Trends in Asia: The Conceptual and Definitional Challenges /  Analyzing Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa /  Case Studies --  The Transformation of the Urban System in Mexico /  Urban Development and Population Redistribution in Delhi: Implications for Categorizing Population /  Urbanization and Metropolitanization in Brazil: Trends and Methodological Challenges /  Changing Urbanization Processes and In Situ Rural-Urban Transformation: Reflections on China's Settlement Definitions /  Conceptualizing Settlement Systems --  An Evolutionary Approach to Settlement Systems /  The Conceptualization and Analysis of Urban Systems: A North American Perspective /  The Nature of Rurality in Postindustrial Society /  Rethinking 'Rurality' /  Moving from the Conceptual to the Operational --  Multiple Dimensions of Settlement Systems: Coping with Complexity /  Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to Identify the Underlying Properties of Urban Environments /  Reflections on the Review of Metropolitan Area Standards in the United States, 1990-2000 /  The Way Forward --  Conclusions and Recommendations /  Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo --  Tony Champion --  Hania Zlotnik --  William H. Frey --  Alfredo E. Lattes, Jorge Rodriguez and Miguel Villa --  Gavin W. Jones --  Philippe Bocquier --  Gustavo Garza --  Veronique Dupont --  Jose Marcos Pinto da Cunha --  Yu Zhu --  Denise Pumain --  Larry S. Bourne and Jim Simmons --  David L. Brown and John B. Cromartie --  Keith Halfacree --  Mike Coombes --  John R. Weeks --  James D. Fitzsimmons and Michael R. Ratcliffe --  Graeme Hugo and Tony Champion.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  3.  Pt. II.  4.  5.  6.  7.  Pt. III.  8.  9.  10.  11.  Pt. IV.  12.  13.  14.  15.  Pt. V.  16.  17.  18.  Pt. VI.  19. 
<br/><br/> "This book brings together a leading team of social scientists to present the latest information on urbanization around the world, highlighting examples of development patterns that are not adequately captured by the UN's type of reporting systems and drawing attention to other ways of representing current trends."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0754635880 9780754635888 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003056294 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urbanization--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses<br/>Rural-urban migration--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses<br/>Cities and towns--Growth--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses<br/>Human settlements--Statistics--Congresses<br/>Urbanization--Statistics--Congresses
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT151  / .N478 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76