patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing … world, and (c) the diverse housing and shelter needs of urban populations. The book also explores a number of critical urban …Cities in Time and Space -- Working -- Housing -- Conclusion Remarks: Urbanization -- the Future …

By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume … explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the … new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world. …

a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. After defining the concept it then elaborates …

Planning Game: A cognitive understanding of the planner’s rationale in a differentiated world -- 10. Global scale predictions …

-- Urbanization and the Environment: An Asian Perspective. …This work focuses on urban governance in the developing world, its aim being to bring a holistic perspective to the … rural interventions as they influence urbanization and its problems/solutions. The second focuses on urban governance …

Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private … sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization …