Nirmala Rao

Cities in Transition

Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415329019
• ISBN-10: 0415329019
• Artikelnr.: 26686221

Autorenporträt

Nirmala Rao is Pro-Warden (Academic) and Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Changing Cities 2. London: The Modernising Metropolis 3. Tokyo: The
Mobile Megalopolis 4. Toronto: A Penchant for Metro Reform 5. Berlin:
Candidate World City? 6. Hyderabad: Hi-Tech Hub of a Rural State 7.
Atlanta: The Sprawling Metropolis 8. Conclusion: Cities in Transition