... urbanization inequality violence crime terrorism Karachi’s history has been wrought from Partition, massive in-migration, unchecked growth, and multiple population displacements. In this megacity, Samira Shackle’s background as a British-born journalist of Pakistani heritage mirrors the dilemma...

... War, even though the late twentieth century, especially the 1970s, was one of the country’s most dynamic eras of change, particularly urbanization. During this period, as unauthorized shacks ( gecekondus ) built overnight by migrants covered the urban landscape, major public universities...

...Alima Bissenova Despite all of its symbolic continuity, Kazakhstan is a society in transition. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Kazakhstan urbanization globalization migration oil Islam Nursultan Nazarbayev 271 Despite...

...Abidin Kusno The lack of planning can be understood as an art of governing, for it ensures the operation of informality. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Indonesia urbanization development climate change colonialism Joko...

...Kristen Looney; Meg Rithmire [T]he plan aims for massive urbanization through the extension of formal permanent residency to current and future migrants in small cities and towns rather than large urban centers. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University...

...Jeffrey W. Paller The prospects for sustainable urban development are embedded in larger political struggles. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Jeffrey Paller Africa Ghana Accra Lagos urbanization cities megacities slums...