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This volume surveys the current rapid growth in urban populations and begins to formulate a global urban agenda for the next half century. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, contributors tackle issues ranging from how cities can keep up with fast-growing housing needs to the possibilities for...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The city in the twenty-first century
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| Summary: |
This volume surveys the current rapid growth in urban populations and begins to formulate a global urban agenda for the next half century. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, contributors tackle issues ranging from how cities can keep up with fast-growing housing needs to the possibilities for public-private partnerships in urban governance. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 35 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204476 |
| Index Number: | HT361 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. World Urbanization: The Critical Issue of the Twenty-First Century / Chapter 2. Human Population Grows Up / Chapter 3. Measuring and Coping with Urban Growth in Developing Countries / Chapter 4. Urban Growth and Development at Six Scales: An Economist s View / Chapter 5. Urban Growth and Spatial Development: The China Case / Chapter 6. The Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Demography Meets Geography / Chapter 7. Measuring and Modeling Global Urban Expansion / Chapter 8. Urban Growth Models: State of the Art and Prospects -- Chapter 9. Monitoring Urban Growth and Its Environmental Impacts Using Remote Sensing: Examples from China and India / Chapter 10. Tracking Regional Growth and Development: The Nairobi Case / Chapter 11. Strategic Directions for Local Public Finance in Developing Countries / Chapter 12. Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Governance: Coordinates and Policy Issues / Chapter 13. City Building in China: Implications for Urban Form Efficiency / Chapter 14. Financing Housing and Urban Services / Chapter 15. Managing Urban Infrastructure and Services in India / Chapter 16. Sustainable Urban Development: Managing City Development in Uganda / Chapter 17. Thinking About Urban Services Needs in Fast-Growing Cities: Housing in S o Paulo / Chapter 18. The Education of Urban Dwellers: The Kenyan Experience / Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |