Global Urban Growth : A Reference Handbook /: A Reference Handbook. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donald C. Williams Ph.D.
• Authors: Ph.D., Donald C. Williams
• Contents: Preface1 Global Urban GrowthPeople and Urban PlacesWhat Purposes Do Cities Serve?Why Do People Prefer Cities?Challenges of Urban GrowthReferences2 Urban Growth Pressures and Sprawl in the United StatesBackground to the Current Crisis: Land Resources and Public Policy in the United StatesHistoric Evolution of Urban Land Use in the United StatesThe Contemporary Phenomenon of Urban Sprawl: Costs and ConsequencesMaking Better Use of the Land: The Debate over Controlling Urban SprawlContaining Sprawl through Local ZoningStatewide Prescriptions for SprawlPreserving Rural Lands from Urban SprawlFighting Sprawl by Reclaiming Central CitiesImproving Life in the SuburbsRecent Trends in the Debate over SprawlThe Smart-Growth MovementThe Property Rights ChallengeFederal Smart-Growth InitiativesNew Trends in Urban GrowthReferences3 Urban Growth around the WorldUrban Growth in the Developed WorldWestern EuropeEastern Europe and RussiaFuture Directions for Europe and RussiaJapan and East AsiaCanadaUrban Growth in the Developing WorldUrbanization in Historical PerspectiveCities of the Developing World TodayLife in the SlumsGrowth and Evolution of SlumsLatin AmericaSub-Saharan AfricaMiddle EastSouth AsiaSoutheast AsiaChinaFuture Directions in the Developing WorldWhat Can Be Done about Slums?Turning to the International CommunityPrivate Sector Solutions to SlumsReferences4 Chronology5 Biographical SketchesGeoffrey AndersonJockin ArputhamJonathan BarnettInga Björk-KlevbyLawrence BloomSomsook BoonyabanchaPeter CalthorpeJoan ClosWendell CoxJohn M. DeGroveAndres DuanyAlain Durand-LasserveGordon FellerRobert H. FreilichParris N. GlendeningSir Peter HallWilliam H. HudnutBruce KatzC.?S. KiangMiloon KothariGerrit-Jan KnaapAprodocio A. LaquianJaime LernerPatricia McCarneyRose Seisie MolokoaneNeal PeirceDouglas R. PorterEduardo RojasBaoxing QiuSamuel StaleyAnna K. TibaijukaMarc A. Weiss6 Data and DocumentsDataNumber and Total Population of New Cities Established Since 1990 UN–HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)Population of Slum Areas by Developing Region UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2005)United States Surface Area by Land Cover/Use (2007)Developed Land, United States (1982–2007)Change in Amount of Developed Non-federal Land in the United States, in Thousands of Acres over 25 Years (1982–2007)DocumentsCityPlan: Directions for Vancouver (1995)The Munich Perspective (1996)Statewide Planning Program–State of Oregon (1973)Charter of the Metropolitan Government of Portland, Oregon (1993)Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiatives–State of Maryland (1997)Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements (1996)Curitiba Experience7 Directory of OrganizationsGlobal Urban GrowthU.S. National Advocacy OrganizationsU.S. State and Regional Urban Growth Agencies and Advocacy Organizations8 ResourcesPrintGeneralUnited States and CanadaDeveloped World: North America, Europe, and AsiaDeveloping World: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle EastNonprintWebsitesGlossaryIndexAbout the Author.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Social Science -- Reference; Reference -- Handbooks & Manuals; Political science & theory
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216090687
• Related ISBNs: 9781598844412
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