Global urbanization

Global urbanization
Title : Global urbanization [1st edition]
Author : Eugenie L. Birch Susan M. Wachter
Type : Book
Publisher : PENN - 2011
Subjects
  • Urbanization

  • Cities and towns

  • Urban policy

Call No. (AUMARK) : 307.76 (BIG)
ACCNO : 6759

Bibliography : Global Urbanization surveys essential dimensions o... ...

Bibliography : Global Urbanization surveys essential dimensions of this growth and begins to formulate a global urban agenda for the next half century. Drawing from many disciplines, the 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. Several essays address the role that cutting-edge technologies such as GIS software, remote sensing, and predictive growth models can play in tracking and forecasting urban growth. Reflecting the central importance of the Global South to twenty-first-century urbanism, the volume includes case studies and examples from China, India, Uganda, Kenya, and Brazil.