Cities in the 21st century: A view from the developing world

David Castells-Quintana; Paula Herrera-Idárraga

doi:10.18335/region.v6i2.260

Cities in the 21^st century: A view from the developing world

David Castells-Quintana
, Paula Herrera-Idárraga

Autonomous University of Barcelona

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this (introductory) paper, we present i) some basic figures about the rise of cities in the developing world, and ii) the four papers of this special issue. This paper and the other four papers in the issue intend to bring the reality of cities of the developing world in the 21^st century to the frontline, hoping to motivate further and much needed research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E1-E6
Journal	Region
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v6i2.260
State	Published - 01 Apr 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Cities
Developing countries
Urbanisation

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