In recent decades, hundreds of millions of people across the world have moved from rural areas to metropolitan regions, some of them crossing national borders on the way. While urbanization and globalization are proceeding with an intensity that seems unprecedented, these are only the most recent it
Making Cities Global
โ Scribed by A. K. Sandoval-Strausz; Nancy H. Kwak
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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