{"product_id":"cities-transformed-national-research-council-9780309088626","title":"Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governance?as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health, education, and public services are increasingly being deposited in the hands of untested municipal and regional governments. Demographers have been surprisingly slow to devote attention to the implications of the urban transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from a wide variety of data sources, many of them previously inaccessible, \u003ci\u003eCities Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e explores the implications of various urban contexts for marriage, fertility, health, schooling, and children's lives. It should be of interest to all involved in city-level research, policy, planning, and investment decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc, Committee on Population\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309088623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309088626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.34w x 1.35d","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913630712063,"sku":"9780309088626","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dc47b8f4-f532-4555-8a55-f3277d78d493.jpg?v=1680621464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cities-transformed-national-research-council-9780309088626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}