| Description |
xviii, 198 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. The impacts of globalization on cities -- 2. Cultural strategies for urban development -- 3. Metropolitanization -- 4. International migration : socio-economic and cultural implications -- 5. Assessing living conditions : focus on urban poverty -- 6. Urban governance : safety and transparency in a globalizing world -- 7. Globalization and the changing culture of planning |
| Summary |
"As towns and cities grow at unprecedented rates, sustainable urbanization is one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community in the 21st century. Cities are the hub of much national production and consumption - economic and social processes that generate wealth and form urban culture." "The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005 looks at how this potential can be used to address current challenges and create dynamic, multicultural and inclusive urban settings. Using extensive examples and illustrations, and with contributions from many of the world's leading urban scholars, it lays out the conditions for a new culture of planning, involving civil society as well as public authorities, to ensure participation of even the most marginalized sectors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Social aspects.
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban economics.
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Cities and towns.
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Globalization.
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Sociology, Urban.
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| Author |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
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| LC no. |
2004016349 |
| ISBN |
184407160X paperback |
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1844071596 hb |
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9211317053 UN-Habitat paperback |
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9211317061 UN-Habitat hardback |
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