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Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries explores the various political, economic, institutional and cultural factors that have shaped the housing outcomes in BRICS countries that we see today. The book uses a framework which allows comparison between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, whilst recognizing the differences in the development path that each of these countries has taken.
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Jyoti Rao is an early career researcher pursuing doctoral research at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in issues related to housing and land economics, and most of her publications are in related fields. She is co-author of India's Reluctant Urbanization (2015, Palgrave Macmillan) and a contributor to TheTowers of New Captital (2015, Palgrave Macmillan). She is professionally trained as an architect, urban planner and real estate professional in India and the UK. Previously she was an assistant professor at the RICS School of Built Environment, Noida, India, and has been involved in the GIFT city project in Gujarat, India.
Jennifer Day is Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has a PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, USA, and a master's degree in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University, USA. She is interested in the forces that compel growth and change in cities. Her doctoral research examined welfare changes for center-to-periphery movers in Shanghai, and subsequent work has focused on models of urban change using spatial statistics, the impact of city growth on rural welfare, and the modes of urbanization at the urban fringes.
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Book Title: Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries
Authors: Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Rao, Jennifer Day
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44610-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44609-1Published: 21 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44610-7Published: 07 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 259
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economics, general, Urban Economics, Asian Economics, Economic Policy, Social Policy