Urban Risk and Well-being in Asian Megacities (eBook)

Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo

Tamaki Endo, Momoyo Shibuya (Herausgeber)

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2023
190 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-000-85496-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and well-being vary across social classes and cities.Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provide a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban well-being. It explores the characteristics and complexities of urban well-being of lower and middle classes in Asian megacities. The book explains that social setting and socioeconomic condition of individuals and households play a critical role in urban well-being. It offers insights on the vulnerabilities and resilience of urban populations and the intertwined dynamics of social networks and what they mean for individual well-being.This book will be a useful reference for students, researchers and academics in urban studies, Asian studies or development studies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.3.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• ISBN-10: 1-000-85496-5 / 1000854965
• ISBN-13: 978-1-000-85496-1 / 9781000854961