Cities in transition : power, environment, society / editors, Wowo Ding, Arie Graafland and Andong Lu ; Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani [and others].

Title & Author:

Cities in transition : power, environment, society / editors, Wowo Ding, Arie Graafland and Andong Lu ; Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani [and others].

Publication:

Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, 2015.
©2015

Description:

489 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Accelerated urbanization -- Urbanity as social construct -- Globalization, rapid urbanization, inequality -- Uneven urban development -- Practice, urban development, landscape -- African urbanization -- Smart cities, information technology -- Chinese urbanization -- Education and research in China: six deans, six perspectives.

Summary:

At the moment, half of the world's population lives in cities. Within two decades, this figure will increase to 60 per cent. Extreme wealth and extreme poverty occur alongside each other, but cities remain magnets that attract huge masses of people. For many, cities offer the opportunity for work and income, education and better facilities. Using eight different themes, this book offers an intriguing picture of these developments and of our global future. Cities in transition' investigates the recent urban and political-economic developments in North America, South America, Europe, South Africa and China. It features contributions by 30 experts in the field, including Saskia Sassen, Fulong Wu, M. Christine Boyer, Vittorio Lampugnani, Eric Swyngedouw, Marc Angélil, Joan Busquets, David Grahame Shane, George Baird and many others. The book closes with the urban developments in China, with the urgency of education and research formulated by a dozen deans of influential Chinese universities.

ISBN:

9789462082434 (paperback)
946208243X (paperback)
9789462082649 (e-book pdf)

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth.
City and town life.
Urbanization Environmental aspects.
Villes Croissance.
Vie urbaine.
Urbanisation Aspect de l'environnement.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.

Added entries:

Ding, Wowo.
Graafland, Ad.
Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio, 1951-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292056
Call No.: BIB 236050
Status: Available

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