International handbook of urban policy Issues in the developed World

By:

Geyer H S Ed

Series: ; Vol. IIPublication details: London Edward Elgar 2009Description: 310P xiii HBISBN:

9781847204608

DDC classification:

307.76 GEY-III

Contents:

Contents: Preface PART I: GROWTH PATTERNS 1. Introduction: Urban Growth Patterns – Trends and Policy Issues M. Pacione PART II: SPATIAL ISSUES 2. Urban Fragmentation: Different Views on its Causes and Consequences K. Landman 3. Urban Form Revisited: An Account of Views on the Issues A.S. Steyn and H.S. Geyer 4. The Mobility of Labour and Capital: The Urban Implications of Changing International Trends J.J. Klink 5. Differential Urbanization: Linking First and Developing World Experiences B. Graizbord, D. Mookherjee and H.S. Geyer PART III: POLICY ISSUES 6. Communicative Planning: Experiences, Prospects and Predicaments V. Watson 7. Transformation of Urban Public Transport Systems in the Global South P. Wilkinson, A. Golub, R. Behrens, P. Salazar Ferro and H. Schalekamp 8. Sources of Disaster Vulnerability of the Urban Poor: Issues and Views J. Pantelic and B. Srdanovic 9. Urban Agriculture: Advances, Opportunities and Application M. Dubbeling and H. de Zeeuw 10. Urban Ecology: Policy Issues Resolved and Unresolved S.S. Cilliers, J.E. Drewes, M.J. Du Toit and D.P. Cilliers 11. Urban–rural Inequalities in South and South-East Asia: Colonial Policy Impacts and Current Spatial–Economic Disparities S. Mukherji PART IV: GROWTH DETERMINANTS 12. Creativity, Wellbeing and Urban Sustainability: Areas in Which the North and the South Can Learn from Each Other H.S. Geyer Index

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	MPP SECTIO	MPP Section	307.76 GEY-III (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		35199

Cities & Towns - Sociology - Urban

Sustainable Development - Equality - Globalization

Urban Economics - Urban Policy

Contents:

Preface

PART I: GROWTH PATTERNS
1. Introduction: Urban Growth Patterns – Trends and Policy Issues
M. Pacione

PART II: SPATIAL ISSUES
2. Urban Fragmentation: Different Views on its Causes and Consequences
K. Landman

3. Urban Form Revisited: An Account of Views on the Issues
A.S. Steyn and H.S. Geyer

4. The Mobility of Labour and Capital: The Urban Implications of Changing International Trends
J.J. Klink

5. Differential Urbanization: Linking First and Developing World Experiences
B. Graizbord, D. Mookherjee and H.S. Geyer

PART III: POLICY ISSUES
6. Communicative Planning: Experiences, Prospects and Predicaments
V. Watson

7. Transformation of Urban Public Transport Systems in the Global South
P. Wilkinson, A. Golub, R. Behrens, P. Salazar Ferro and H. Schalekamp

8. Sources of Disaster Vulnerability of the Urban Poor: Issues and Views
J. Pantelic and B. Srdanovic

9. Urban Agriculture: Advances, Opportunities and Application
M. Dubbeling and H. de Zeeuw

10. Urban Ecology: Policy Issues Resolved and Unresolved
S.S. Cilliers, J.E. Drewes, M.J. Du Toit and D.P. Cilliers

11. Urban–rural Inequalities in South and South-East Asia: Colonial Policy Impacts and Current Spatial–Economic Disparities
S. Mukherji

PART IV: GROWTH DETERMINANTS
12. Creativity, Wellbeing and Urban Sustainability: Areas in Which the North and the South Can Learn from Each Other
H.S. Geyer

Index

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