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Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together

Autor Ian Goldin, Tom Lee-Devlin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2023
One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a share that continues to rise. In the developing world, cities are growing at a rate never seen before.In this book, Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin show why making our societies fairer, more cohesive and sustainable must start with our cities. Globalization and technological change have concentrated wealth into a small number of booming metropolises, leaving many smaller cities and towns behind and feeding populist resentment. Yet even within seemingly thriving cities like London or San Francisco, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen and our retreat into online worlds tears away at our social fabric. Meanwhile, pandemics and climate change pose existential threats to our increasingly urban world.Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin combine the lessons of history with a deep understanding of the challenges confronting our world today to show why cities are at a crossroads - and hold our destinies in the balance.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781399412421
ISBN-10: 1399412426
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Contemporary relevance - as remote working becomes the norm this is a defence of the city - which like it or not for the majority of the world's population will be the future of life on earth. It will be the first book to focus on cities as the essential solution to our global woes.

Notă biografică

Ian Goldin is Professor of Development and Globalisation at the University of Oxford and former Vice President of the World Bank. Ian's recent publications include Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World (HC, 2021), Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years (PRH, 2020), and Age of Discovery (Bloomsbury, 2016).Tom Lee-Devlin is a writer at The Economist and co-host of the Money Talks podcast. He previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company and led research for the firm's global think tank, Bain Futures.

Cuprins

List of FiguresPreface1 Introduction2 Engines of Progress3 Levelling Up4 Divided Cities5 Remote Work: The Threat to Cities6 Cities, Cyberspace, and the Future of Community7 Beyond the Rich World8 The Spectre of Disease9 A Climate of Peril10 Conclusion: Better TogetherAcknowledgementsNotesBibliography

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A fresh, clear-eyed and timely analysis of the challenges and opportunities that comes from one of the most important themes of the 21st century - the rise of urbanisation and the fact that more people live in cities than at any time in human history.
Age of the City takes us on an absorbing journey through the relationships connecting civilization, progress, and the city.
Age of the City is the book we need now. Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin take aim at those who believe the age of our great cities is over. They marshal powerful and much needed evidence to show that cities are becoming even more important to our economy and society. Their book illuminates the ongoing ability of cities to preserve and thrive in the face of all manner of adversity, as platforms to harness and unleash the human creativity which stands as the engine of human progress. Their book is essential reading for political and business leaders and each and every one of us who cares about and wishes to help create a better collective future.
A sweeping survey of the history and modern challenges facing cities that will persuade you that they are the key to a happier and more sustainable future together.
Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin have written a compelling volume explaining why cities will survive and thrive despite the twin threats of remote work and pandemic. This book vividly explains how cities are engines of cooperation, which fundamentally enable us to become more human. Using a compelling combination of history and data, the authors remind us that life is better lived in urban streets and cafes than in Zoom waiting rooms. This is an important read for anyone who cares about cities.
A compelling, holistic and well-balanced narrative on the critical role of cities in an age of global warming - full of insights based on hard data. From cover to cover, a great read. Full of positive ideas for the future, and grounded in vital lessons from the past. The authors link together many disparate subjects into one integrated whole - bringing alive history, planning, infrastructure, pandemics, urbanism, deprivation, industrialisation, fertility, wars, governance and more - all in support of the city.
Age of the City provides a startlingly fresh and compellingly readable account of the forces that have defined our past and will shape our future. An essential and enjoyable guide for all our lives.
A sharp and lively urbanist manifesto.the chapters on pandemics and the rise of remote work sound a fresh and timely note.
An insightful analysis.
This fascinating book explains the challenges [cities] pose and what needs to be done to make them work better for all their inhabitants.