Mattei Dogan, John D. Kasarda

A World of Giant Cities

The Metropolis Era

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Metropolis Era, a two volume set, focuses on the social, economic, political and technological determinants of growth and change in the great cities of the world. Volume One examines the paradoxical phenomenon of explosive growth of giant cities in the Third World - and the steady deconcentration of population in more developed countries. A World of Giant Cities looks at cities in the United States, Europe, China, India, South East Asia and Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780803937895
• ISBN-10: 080393789X
• Artikelnr.: 25655343

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Luis Ramallo Introduction
Mattei Dogan and John D Kasarda How Giant Cities Will Multiply and Grow Giant Cities as Maritime Gateways
Mattei Dogan Economic Restructuring and Americäs Urban Dilemma
John D Kasarda High Technology and Urban Dynamics in the United States
Manuel Castells Urban Growth and Decline in Western Europe
Peter Hall Large Cities in Eastern Europe
Jürgen Friedrichs Great Cities of Eastern Asia
Yue
Man Yeung Levels of Urbanization in China
Sidney Goldstein Giant Cities of the Urban Hierarchy in China
Xiangming Chen Indiäs Giant Cities
Hans Nagpaul Giant and Secondary City Growth in Africa
Dennis A Rondinelli Latin American Cities and Their Poor
Guillermo Geisse and Francisco Sabatini Vulnerability of Giant Cities and the Life Lottery
Ignacy Sachs Growth and Pathologies of Giant Cities
Henry Teune