Urban Growth in Emerging Economies: Lessons from the BRICS Author MacGranahan G., Martine G. Date 2014 Source IUCN (ID: MON-088926) Publisher | Place of publication Routledge | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK ISBN 978-0-415-71876-9 Pages 288 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Country/Territory Brazil, India, China, South Africa Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Urban land Sustainable development Abstract 1. Urbanisation and development: Policy lessons from the BRICS experience Gordon McGranahan and George Martine 2. Brazil’s negligent urban transition and its legacy of divided cities George Martine and Gordon McGranahan 3. China’s radical urbanisation and bringing capital and labour together step by step Gordon McGranahan, Jia Guoping, Guoyi Han and Arie Hoekman 4. Russia’s planned urbanization and misplaced urban development Charles Becker, S Joshua Mendelsohn and Kseniya Benderskaya 5. South Africa’s tortured urbanisation and the complications of reconstruction Ivan Turok 6. India’s sluggish urbanisation and Its exclusionary development Amitabh Kundu 7. Could a more positive approach to urbanization in the BRICS have facilitated both economic growth and social inclusion? Gordon McGranahan and Ivan Turok