Author: Mitlin Diana and Satterthwaite David
Place: USA and Canada
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013
Pages: 354
ISBN: 978-0-415-62467-1
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Poverty/ Urban Studies
Keyword: Urban Poverty, Global South, Informal Settlements, Living Condition
Shelf: C9R2
Accession No: B1580
Contents: List of Figures List of Tables List of boxes Acknowledgements 1- Why this book? 2- Measuring Poverty 3- Why is health so poor among Low-Income Urban Dwellers? 4- Incomes and Livelihhods 5- Critical issues in urban inequality 6- Broadening the Understanding and Measurement of Urban Poverty Notes References Index
Abstract: *Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature* explores the complex drivers and lived experiences of poverty in rapidly growing cities across the Global South. It critiques conventional poverty measures that overlook urban-specific hardships and examines the structural and environmental conditions that undermine the health of low-income residents. The book also analyzes precarious incomes, informal livelihoods, and the systemic inequalities arising from spatial segregation, inadequate infrastructure, and weak governance. Concluding with a call for broader, multidimensional assessments of urban poverty, it offers a nuanced framework for understanding insecurity, exclusion, and vulnerability in contemporary urban contexts.