Global urban growth : a reference handbook

Author(s)

• Williams, Donald C.

Bibliographic Information

Global urban growth : a reference handbook

Donald C. Williams

（Contemporary world issues）

ABC-CLIO, c2012

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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Details

• NCID: BB13697976
• ISBN:
  • 9781598844412
• LCCN: 2011049766
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 311 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT371
  • DC23 : 307.7609172/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Urbanization
  • LCSH : Cities and towns -- Growth
  • LCSH : Cities and towns -- Developing countries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07605706