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The book focuses on the major challenges that world cities are facing in such key areas such as governance, social inclusiveness, infrastructural development, financial solvency as well as environmental and ecological sustainability. Based on case studies from cities in North America, Europe, and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Cities Summit Singapore
Otros Autores: Ooi, Giok Ling, Yuen, Belinda K. P.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2010.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Congresses.
City and town life > Congresses.
Sustainable development > Congresses.
Quality of life > Congresses.
Villes > Congrès.
Vie urbaine > Congrès.
Développement durable > Congrès.
Qualité de la vie > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Architecture and Planning.
Cities and towns
City and town life
Quality of life
Sustainable development
Stadtleben
Stadtplanung
Lebensqualität
Stadtentwicklung
Nachhaltigkeit
Steden.
Duurzaamheid (milieu)
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book focuses on the major challenges that world cities are facing in such key areas such as governance, social inclusiveness, infrastructural development, financial solvency as well as environmental and ecological sustainability. Based on case studies from cities in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, top academics, professionals and policymakers from the world over presents their views on how to best strike the balance between growth and sutainability.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789814280730
9814280739

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