Welcome to the urban revolution : how cities are changing the world /: how cities are changing the world. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeb Brugmann.
• Other Names: Brugmann, Jeb, 1957-
• Contents: 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 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? -- 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 Gràcia District, Barcelona -- Governing the entrepreneurial city : local markets and the resurgence of Chicago -- Cocreating the citysystem : toward a world of urban regimes.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 342 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.1/16; Urban & municipal planning; Urbanization; Cities and towns -- Growth; City planning; Urban policy; Globalisierung; Stadtplanung; Stadtentwicklung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Verstädterung; Cities and towns -- Growth; City planning; Urban policy; Urbanization; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Architecture -- Urban & Land Use Planning; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Urban economics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608191864; 1608191869
• Related ISBNs: 9781596915664; 1596915668
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-330) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.