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Global Urbanization.
Title:
Global Urbanization.
Author:
Birch, Eugenie L.
ISBN:
9780812204476
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Series:
The City in the Twenty-First Century
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Part I. Twenty-First-Century Population Prospect: Emerging Needs -- 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 -- Part II. Urban Spatial Growth and Development -- 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 -- Part III. Urban Governance and Finance -- 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 -- Part IV. Cases in Urban Development -- 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 São Paulo -- Chapter 18. The Education of Urban Dwellers: The Kenyan Experience -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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