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Global Urbanization: The City in the Twenty-First Century

Autor Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 mar 2011
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780812242843
ISBN-10: 081224284X
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
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Cuprins

Part I. Twenty-First-Century Population Prospect: Emerging Needs
Chapter 1. World Urbanization: The Critical Issue of the Twenty-First Century
—-Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
Chapter 2. Human Population Grows Up
—Joel E. Cohen
Chapter 3. Measuring and Coping with Urban Growth in Developing Countries
—Nefise Bazoglu
Chapter 4. Urban Growth and Development at Six Scales: An Economist's View
—Stephen Malpezzi
Chapter 5. Urban Growth and Spatial Development: The China Case
—Anthony Yeh
Part II. Urban Spatial Growth and Development
Chapter 6. The Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Demography Meets Geography
—Mark R. Montgomery and Deborah Balk
Chapter 7. Measuring and Modeling Global Urban Expansion
—Stephen Sheppard
Chapter 8. Urban Growth Models: State of the Art and Prospects
—John D. Landis
Chapter 9. Monitoring Urban Growth and Its Environmental Impacts Using Remote Sensing: Examples from China and India
—Karen C. Seto
Chapter 10. Tracking Regional Growth and Development: The Nairobi Case
—Wilber K. Ottichilo
Part III. Urban Governance and Finance
Chapter 11. Strategic Directions for Local Public Finance in Developing Countries
—Paul Smoke
Chapter 12. Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Governance: Coordinates and Policy Issues
—Lynne B. Sagalyn
Chapter 13. City Building in China: Implications for Urban Form Efficiency
—Douglas Webster
Chapter 14. Financing Housing and Urban Services
—Kyung-Hwan Kim
Part IV. Cases in Urban Development
Chapter 15. Managing Urban Infrastructure and Services in India
—Vinod Tewari
Chapter 16. Sustainable Urban Development: Managing City Development in Uganda
—Shuaib Lwasa
Chapter 17. Thinking About Urban Services Needs in Fast-Growing Cities: Housing in São Paulo
—Suzana Pasternak
Chapter 18. The Education of Urban Dwellers: The Kenyan Experience
—Faith Macharia
Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments


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