Marco (Hrsg.) Keiner

Managing Urban Futures

Sustainability and Urban Growth in Developing Countries

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Urbanization is one of the most powerful forces influencing global sustainability. It is dominated by three factors: population growth, rural-urban migration and subsequent urban expansion. Perhaps nowhere are these factors more dominant than in developing countries. This volume brings together leading experts including Alan Gilbert, John Friedmann, Saskia Sassen and Janice Perlman to explore the conflicting challenges of rapid urbanization in developing countries. While all have to contend with key issues such as social segregation, poverty, and loss of governability, the ongoing forces of urban growth vary from country to country. By compa… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Koll-Schretzenmayr, Martina (Hrsg.) / Schmid, Willy A (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-351-92020-9
EAN: 9781351920209
Produktnummer: 25436981
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 293 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'102 KB

Über den Autor

Marco Keiner is head of the Sustainability Research Group of the Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning, Martina Kol-Schretzenmayr is senior researcher in the Network City and Landscape (NSL), and Willy A. Schmid is Professor for Landscape and Environmental Planning, all at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.