City futures : confronting the crisis of urban development /
Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing unprecedented population surges. The problems surroundi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York : Capetown, South Africa :
Zed Books ; UCT Press,
©2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : deciphering city futures
- Urbanization trends and implications
- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all
- Mainstream agenda II : good governance
- Reconceptualising the political in cities
- Informal everyday urbanism
- Counterpoint : alternative urban development
- Making a start towards alternative city futures.