Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-330) and index. |
Contents |
The urban revolution. Look again: a view from the expanding edge of the global city -- The improbable life of an urban patch: deciphering the hidden logic of global urban growth -- The great migration: the rise of homo urbanis -- Anatomy of urban revolution: the inevitable democracy of the city -- The tyrants' demise: the irrepressible economics of urban association -- What we can learn from the way that migrants build their cities: buildings, city models, and citysystems -- The city adrift. The final phase: two billion new city dwellers in search of a new urbanism -- Cities of crisis: sources of global vulnerability -- Great opportunities cities: stuck in negotiation -- A planet transformed: urban ecosystem or global dystopia? -- Strategy for an urban planet. The strategic city: from global burden to global solution -- Designing the ecosystem: a new city rises on the Serra do Mar plateau -- Building local culture: reclaiming the streets of GrĂ cia District, Barcelona -- Governing the entrepreneurial city: local markets and the resurgence of Chicago -- Cocreating the citysystem: toward a world of urban regimes. |
Subject |
Urbanization.
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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City planning.
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Urban policy.
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ISBN |
9781596915664 alkaline paper |
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1596915668 alkaline paper |
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