Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
Sustainability and Urban Growth in Developing Countries
Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 590 g
ISBN: 978-0-7546-4417-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
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Contents: Foreword: Managing the future city, Gordon McGranahan; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Marco Keiner, Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr and Willy A. Schmid. Part I The Challenges Of Urban Development Processes: Asian urbanization and local and global environmental challenges, Hans J.A. van Ginkel and Peter J. Marcotullio; Sustaining urban development in Latin America in an unpredictable world, Alan Gilbert; The urban challenge in Africa, Carole Rakodi. Part II New Scales In Space And Time: The global city: strategic site, new frontier, Saskia Sassen; A question of boundaries: planning and Asian urban transitions, Michael Leaf; Shifting drivers of change, time-space telescoping and urban environmental transitions in Asia-Pacific region, Peter J. Marcotullio. Part III Transforming State, Space And Society: Political Reform, Promoting Citizens' Rights and Poverty Alleviation: Civil society revisited: travels in Latin America and China, John Friedmann; State and urban space in Brazil: from modernist planning to democratic interventions, Teresa Caldeira and James Holston; The chronic poor in Rio de Janeiro: what has changed in 30 years?, Janice E. Perlman; Unsustainable trends in spatial development in China: situation analysis and exploration of alternative development paths demonstrated by case studies of Kunming (urban) and Shaxi Valley (rural), Jacques P. Feiner and Diego Salmerón. Part IV Coming Together: Sustaining cosmopolis: managing multicultural cities, Leonie Sandercock. Towards gigapolis? from urban growth to evolutionable medium-sized cities, Marco Keiner; Urban planning in the North: blueprint for the South?, Klaus R. Kunzmann; References; Index.