Metropolitan Problems

ISBN-13: 9780415418348 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 556 str.

Simon R. Miles

Opis

First published in 1970, this book contains the papaers presented at a symposium, which was held to examine single aspects of social, economic and physical change within the overall perspective of the metropolis. Each chapter directs attention to specific problems of the metropolis.

Spis treści

Part One: The Contemporary Metropolis: A Comparative View 1. Selected demographic, economic and governemtal aspects of the world's major metropolitan areas, Richard L. Forstall and Victor Jones Part Two: Services in Metropolitan Areas 2. Transportation in metropolitan areas, John F. Kain 3. Utilities in metropolitan areas, A.H. Hanson 4. Housing in metropolitan ares, Hidehiko Sazanami 5. Educationin metropolitan areas, Hugh Philp 6. Public health problems in metropolitan areas, Tibor Bakacs 7. Welfare services in metropolitan areas, Albert Rose 8. Servicing the metropolis: a commentary on world opinion, Simon R. Miles Part Three: Development of a Governmental Machinery 9. The functional metropolis and systems of government, Juliusz Gorynski and Zygmunt Rybicki 10. Metropolitan political systems and the administrative process, Frank Smallwood 11. Intergovernmental relations and the metropolitan area, J. Stefan Dupre 12. Financing metropolitan Government, Ursula K. Hicks 13. Planning and development of the metropolitan environment, Ernest Weissmann 14. Governing the metropolis: A commentary on world opinion, Simon R. Miles Part Four: The Contemporary Metropolis: Toward a System of Comprehensive Planning and Management 15. The comprehensive planning process in the metropolitan region, Simon R. Miles

O autorze

S. Miles