The Global Cities : Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China /

Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities - in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In this book, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urban areas and compare their res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gottlieb, Robert, 1944- (Autor), Ng, Simon Ka-Wing (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sustainable urban development.
Environmental policy.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Chine.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Hongkong.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Californie > Los Angeles.
Urbanisme durable > Chine.
Urbanisme durable > Chine > Hongkong.
Urbanisme durable > Californie > Los Angeles.
Developpement economique > Aspect de l'environnement > Chine.
Developpement economique > Aspect de l'environnement > Chine > Hongkong.
Developpement economique > Aspect de l'environnement > Californie > Los Angeles.
Environmental policy > China.
Environmental policy > China > Hong Kong.
Environmental policy > California > Los Angeles.
Sustainable urban development > China.
Sustainable urban development > China > Hong Kong.
Sustainable urban development > California > Los Angeles.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > China.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > California > Los Angeles.
China > Hong Kong.
China.
California > Los Angeles.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities - in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In this book, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urban areas and compare their responses to a set of six urban environmental issues. These cities have different patterns of development: Los Angeles has been the quintessential horizontal city, the capital of sprawl; Hong Kong is dense and vertical; China's new megacities in the Pearl River Delta, created by an explosion in industrial development and a vast migration from rural to urban areas, combine the vertical and the horizontal. All three have experienced major environmental changes in a relatively short period of time. Gottlieb and Ng document how each has dealt with challenges posed by ports and the movement of goods, air pollution (Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and urban China are all notorious for their hazardous air quality), water supply (all three places are dependent on massive transfers of water) and water quality, the food system (from seed to table), transportation, and public and private space. Finally they discuss the possibility of change brought about by policy initiatives and social movements.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (472 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780262338868

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