Global Urbanization

✍ Scribed by Eugenie L. Birch (editor); Susan M. Wachter (editor)

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 383
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Part I. Twenty-First-Century Population Prospect
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
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments

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