Doug Saunders changed the debate about global slums by changing the fundamental
narrative of their function in the age of globalization.
Saunders brought fresh eyes and new ways of thinking to the subject of global poverty.
Saunders takes note of the positive role that “arrival city” slums can play in the process of
urban upward mobility that is central to the urbanization process and to individual family
aspirations of rural in-migrants worldwide.
narrative of their function in the age of globalization.
Saunders brought fresh eyes and new ways of thinking to the subject of global poverty.
Saunders takes note of the positive role that “arrival city” slums can play in the process of
urban upward mobility that is central to the urbanization process and to individual family
aspirations of rural in-migrants worldwide.
