Open AccessMohammad A. Qadeer. Urban Development in the Third World: Internal Dynamics of Lahore, Pakistan. New York: Praeger. 1983. xivx + 282 pp.
Author(s) -
Faiz Mohammad
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v23i1pp.95-99
Subject(s) - grasp , dynamics (music) , statics , sociology , political science , political economy , economic geography , social science , economics , engineering , physics , pedagogy , software engineering , classical mechanics
Anyone who likes to analyse the world in terms of comparativestatics would , in Ihe light of this book's contents. find his approacherroneous as the book leaves no doubt in the reader's mind that only byunfolding the forces of dynamics can one grasp some reality underlyingany change. The author, who grew up in the walled city of Lahore, has,with a beautiful combination of his personal experiences and theorisingability, produced a remarkable study of the intricate processes whichmay have shaped the existing physical and socio-economic structures ofthe city.