Global urban growth : a reference handbook
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Global urban growth : a reference handbook
(Contemporary world issues)
ABC-CLIO, c2012
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide, especially within the previous 50 years, identifying the factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and exploring its many consequences.
Global Urban Growth: A Reference Handbook examines urbanization and the challenges associated with rapid urban growth and urban sprawl from a truly global perspective, rather than presenting only a limited exploration of the subject by addressing a single city, country, or region.
Investigating urbanization and related policy challenges as both a general phenomenon of all modern societies and one that varies greatly in different regions of the world, the book charts different growth trajectories in these societies and varying policy responses. Significant variations in culture, historical background, economic factors, and political and social development are considered. A chapter on the United States and Canada documents how urbanization trends have occurred in North America and presents our policy approaches in comparison and contrast with the rest of the world. The author offers a balanced overview by marshaling the facts and clearly presenting both the benefits and the drawbacks for readers.
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Global Urban Growth
People and Urban Places
What Purposes Do Cities Serve?
Why Do People Prefer Cities?
Challenges of Urban Growth
References
2 Urban Growth Pressures and Sprawl in the United States
Background to the Current Crisis: Land Resources and Public Policy in the United States
Historic Evolution of Urban Land Use in the United States
The Contemporary Phenomenon of Urban Sprawl: Costs and Consequences
Making Better Use of the Land: The Debate over Controlling Urban Sprawl
Containing Sprawl through Local Zoning
Statewide Prescriptions for Sprawl
Preserving Rural Lands from Urban Sprawl
Fighting Sprawl by Reclaiming Central Cities
Improving Life in the Suburbs
Recent Trends in the Debate over Sprawl
The Smart-Growth Movement
The Property Rights Challenge
Federal Smart-Growth Initiatives
New Trends in Urban Growth
References
3 Urban Growth around the World
Urban Growth in the Developed World
Western Europe
Eastern Europe and Russia
Future Directions for Europe and Russia
Japan and East Asia
Canada
Urban Growth in the Developing World
Urbanization in Historical Perspective
Cities of the Developing World Today
Life in the Slums
Growth and Evolution of Slums
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
South Asia
Southeast Asia
China
Future Directions in the Developing World
What Can Be Done about Slums?
Turning to the International Community
Private Sector Solutions to Slums
References
4 Chronology
5 Biographical Sketches
Geoffrey Anderson
Jockin Arputham
Jonathan Barnett
Inga Bjoerk-Klevby
Lawrence Bloom
Somsook Boonyabancha
Peter Calthorpe
Joan Clos
Wendell Cox
John M. DeGrove
Andres Duany
Alain Durand-Lasserve
Gordon Feller
Robert H. Freilich
Parris N. Glendening
Sir Peter Hall
William H. Hudnut
Bruce Katz
C.?S. Kiang
Miloon Kothari
Gerrit-Jan Knaap
Aprodocio A. Laquian
Jaime Lerner
Patricia McCarney
Rose Seisie Molokoane
Neal Peirce
Douglas R. Porter
Eduardo Rojas
Baoxing Qiu
Samuel Staley
Anna K. Tibaijuka
Marc A. Weiss
6 Data and Documents
Data
Number and Total Population of New Cities Established Since 1990 UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)
Population of Slum Areas by Developing Region UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)
Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2005)
United States Surface Area by Land Cover/Use (2007)
Developed Land, United States (1982-2007)
Change in Amount of Developed Non-federal Land in the United States, in Thousands of Acres over 25 Years (1982-2007)
Documents
CityPlan: Directions for Vancouver (1995)
The Munich Perspective (1996)
Statewide Planning Program-State of Oregon (1973)
Charter of the Metropolitan Government of Portland, Oregon (1993)
Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiatives-State of Maryland (1997)
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements (1996)
Curitiba Experience
7 Directory of Organizations
Global Urban Growth
U.S. National Advocacy Organizations
U.S. State and Regional Urban Growth Agencies and Advocacy Organizations
8 Resources
Print
General
United States and Canada
Developed World: North America, Europe, and Asia
Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East
Nonprint
Websites
Glossary
Index
About the Author
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