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Dong, Xuan – Education and Urban Society, 2017
This article examines how martial arts students retell their stories about being left behind and how they have experienced, viewed, and struggled with the invisible violence. Popularly known as the "hometown of Chinese martial arts," Dengfeng is home to 48 registered martial arts schools and more than 70,000 full-time students. Drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Urban Problems, Violence
Glaeser, Edward L. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Urbanization almost invariably accompanies development, and the cities of India and China are experiencing spectacular increases in population. The concentration of millions of people in a small mass creates challenges for public policy, especially in the areas of basic infrastructure, public health, traffic congestion, and often law enforcement…
Descriptors: Land Use, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Urban Population
Dilworth, Richardson – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
This article compares American and Albanian college students' urban political experiences in order to understand the relevance of American models of urban politics to developing nations. Urban growth in Albania has created needs for teaching students about urban governance. The evidence presented here suggests that Albanians' conceptions of urban…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Urban Problems, Activism, Foreign Countries
Update, 1987
Four papers in this issue focus on population and urban growth in: (1) sub-Saharan Africa; (2) Latin America; (3) the Soviet Union; and (4) Japan and China. While each region has unique population features, similarities exist based on northern or southern hemisphere geographic locations and on a communist or non-communist political orientation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Population Distribution, Population Growth, Population Trends
Camp, Sharon L., Ed.; And Others – 1981
This booklet contains reports presented by delegates from Mexico, Egypt, China, Bangladesh, Italy, the Philippines, Zaire, and Indonesia to the International Conference on Population and the Urban Future held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 1980. An introductory statement by the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Family Planning, Foreign Countries

United Nations New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. – 1995
This publication concentrates on city problems and special city planning issues in the world's large cities, pinpointing their demographic characteristics, economic structure, available social services, and infrastructures, as well as current issues facing city planners. Profiles of 100 large cities across the world, from Abidjan to Yangon, make…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Characteristics, Crowding, Developed Nations
Plunkett, T. J. – 1977
This booklet for Canadian secondary school students examines urbanization and its relationship to other factors of the economy. Five sections analyze urbanization, the pattern of urban development, community needs, the management of urban growth, and urban governance. Part I traces the growth of the Canadian population, noting that 10% of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitude Change, City Government, Foreign Countries