Figure 10.2: Urbanization. Shown here are scenes from (a) a squatter settlement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; (b) the business district in Kolkata (Calcutta), India; and (c) a residential district of Manila, Philippines. As is evident from this scene in Kolkata, the downtowns of cities in the developing world are often more vibrant than those of the developed world.
(a: Florian Kopp/imagebro/age fotostock; b: Steve Raymer/National Geographic Society/Corbis; c: © Sean Sprague/The Image Works.)