Holbrook provides a detailed and readable account of public transport in
South America and the economics of Mumbai's infamous Dharavi---a slum
that is exposed as a complex and curiously efficient neighbourhood. He
also covers Chinese urbanisation as well, carefully describing the
system of residential registration that allows for the ever-accelerating
migration from the countryside. Holbrook is at pains to retain a global
perspective, writing more about the cities of the emergent BRIC
economies---the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China---than he
does about established old world cities in Europe. He rightly sees the
future of the city as being shaped by developments in the East and the
South, where the cities of the 21st century will arise.
1. Holbrook writes about BRIC countries in order to
A. correct a common misconception about cities.
B. highlight the success of European economies.
C. ensure a wide range of cities is discussed.
D. explain the politics of emerging countries.
2. What problem does the reviewer identify with the book?