Third World Cities: The Changing National Settlement System

Abstract

This is a review of recent literature on trends in urbanization in developing countries. The author examines the decline in the pace of urbanization in the Middle East and Latin America changes in migration related to changes in spatial structure a trend toward a more polycentric form of metropolitan development around some major urban centers a decline in the pace of metropolitan expansion associated with economic recession and the failure of regional policy to affect urbanization trends. (ANNOTATION)