Choose one of the following questions to complete.
• Drawing on examples, discuss how digital technology has changed urban life, and for whom it works.
• What are the challenges to the provision of pro-poor housing OR public transport in cities of developing countries. Discuss with examples.
• What is the relationship between cities, development and EITHER informal employment OR violence? Discuss with examples.
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Today more than half of the world population lives in cities, and developing countries have sustained decades of rapid and sustained urbanisation.
This essay must explore
a) the key academic debates on the relationship between cities and development;
b) the key factors driving the growth of cities in developing countries, from colonial times to the present and
c) its implications for development.