EDITORIAL
Governance, migration and local development
Cecilia Tacoli
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MIGRATION AND MOBILITY AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Employers as landlords for rural-to-urban migrants in Chinese cities
Bingqin Li and Mark Duda
Migration, small towns and social transformations in Pakistan
Arif Hasan
Migrants as a source of revenue in small towns in China
Bingqin Li and Xiangsheng An
Embedding international migration: the response of Bolivian local governments and NGOs to international migration
Gery Nijenhuis
Straightforward critics or would-be candidates? International migrants and the management of local affairs and development: the case of the Senegal River valley
Mohamadou Sall
Migratory patterns in small towns: the cases of Mazabuka and Kalomo in Zambia
Wilma S Nchito
Migration and environment in Ghana: a cross-district analysis of human mobility and vegetation dynamics
Kees Van der Geest, Anton Vrieling and A J (Ton) Dietz
Watching the city grow: remittances and sprawl in intermediate Central American cities
Christien Klaufus
Gender and class in urban transport: the cases of Xian and Hanoi
Hoai Anh Tran and Ann Schlyter
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITIES
Water in Mexico City: what will climate change bring to its history of water-related hazards and vulnerabilities?
Patricia Romero Lankao
FOOD SECURITY AND URBANIZATION
Some realities of the urban poor and their food security situations: a case study of Berta Gibi and Gemechu Safar in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Degefa Tolossa
Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices?
Jesper Stage, Jørn Stage and Gordon McGranahan
FEEDBACK
An enumeration and mapping of informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya, implemented by their inhabitants
Irene Karanja
Securing land for urban transformation through sustainable brownfield regeneration – the case of Eskişehir, Turkey
Arzu Ispalar Cahantimur, Rengin Beceren Öztürk and Ayşen Celen Öztürk
The impact of land use conversion on a residential district in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
A Ayotamuno, A E Gobo and O B Owei
Can urban density be made to work for everyone? Exploring options for Karachi’s low- and lower-middle-class settlements
Arif Hasan
BOOK REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTES
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BULLETIN BOARD
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SUMMARIES
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Cover photo: Block of flats built by a migrant in Louga, Senegal. © Al Hassan Samb (2007)
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