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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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Other Authors: Birch, Eugenie L. (Editor), Wachter, Susan M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
Series:City in the twenty-first century book series
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Growth
City planning
Urban policy
Urbanization
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. World Urbanization: The Critical Issue of the Twenty-First Century / Birch, Eugenie L. ; Wachter, Susan M.
  • Chapter 2. Human Population Grows Up / Cohen, Joel E.
  • Chapter 3. Measuring and Coping with Urban Growth in Developing Countries / Bazoglu, Nefise
  • Chapter 4. Urban Growth and Development at Six Scales: An Economist's View / Malpezzi, Stephen
  • Chapter 5. Urban Growth and Spatial Development: The China Case / Yeh, Anthony
  • Chapter 6. The Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Demography Meets Geography / Montgomery, Mark R. ; Balk, Deborah
  • Chapter 7. Measuring and Modeling Global Urban Expansion / Sheppard, Stephen
  • 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 / Seto, Karen C.
  • Chapter 10. Tracking Regional Growth and Development: The Nairobi Case / Ottichilo, Wilber K.
  • Chapter 11. Strategic Directions for Local Public Finance in Developing Countries / Smoke, Paul
  • Chapter 12. Public-Private Partnerships and Urban Governance: Coordinates and Policy Issues / Sagalyn, Lynne B.
  • Chapter 13. City Building in China: Implications for Urban Form Efficiency / Webster, Douglas
  • Chapter 14. Financing Housing and Urban Services / Kim, Kyung-Hwan
  • Chapter 15. Managing Urban Infrastructure and Services in India / Tewari, Vinod
  • Chapter 16. Sustainable Urban Development: Managing City Development in Uganda / Lwasa, Shuaib
  • Chapter 17. Thinking About Urban Services Needs in Fast-Growing Cities: Housing in São Paulo / Pasternak, Suzana
  • Chapter 18. The Education of Urban Dwellers: The Kenyan Experience / Macharia, Faith
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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