Global urban growth : a reference handbook / / Donald C. Williams.
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Superior document: | Contemporary world issues |
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contemporary world issues.
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Physical Description: | xv, 311 p. |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Global urban growth |h [electronic resource] : |b a reference handbook / |c Donald C. Williams. |
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300 | |a xv, 311 p. | ||
490 | 1 | |a Contemporary world issues | |
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? -- Turning to the international community -- Private sector solutions to slums -- References -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches. | |
533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Urbanization. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cities and towns |x Growth. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cities and towns |z Developing countries. | |
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