State of the World's Cities 2008/9: Harmonious Cities

ISBN-13: 9781844076963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 280 str.

Un-Habitat

Opis

This book adopts the concept of Harmonious Cities as a theoretical framework in order to understand today's urban world, and also as an operational tool to confront the most important challenges facing urbanization and development processes. For the first time, preliminary findings of a global analysis of spatial, socio-economic and environmental dimensions at the city level are presented in order to promote greater understanding of the dynamics and forces that promote harmony in cities. The book also analyses the determinants of urban growth or decline, which can help guide planners in supporting processes that lead to harmonious urban development. The impact upon cities of critical emerging issues, such as climate change and rising sea levels, are also addressed. This new volume from UN-HABITAT, the world's leading authority on urban development, unpicks the issues and proposes practical policy reforms. It presents a unique analysis of spatial, socio-economic and environmental data at the city level.

Spis treści

Part I: Spatial Harmony  1. The Spatial Distribution of the World's Cities  2. Urban Growth Patterns  3. Which Cities are Growing and Why  4. Shrinking Cities  Part II: Social Harmony  5. Why Urban Inequality Matters  6. Urban Inequalities: Regional Trends  7. Education, Employment and City Size  8. Slums: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  9. Slum Cities and Cities with Slums  Part III: Environmental Harmony  10. Urban Environmental Risks and Burdens  11. Cities and Climate Change  12. Cities at Risk from Rising Sea Levels  13. Energy Consumption in Cities  14. Urban Energy Consumption at the Household Level  15. Urban Mobility  Part IV: Planning for Harmonious Cities  16. Inclusive Urban Planning for Harmonious Urban Development  17. Building Bridges: Social Capital and Urban Harmony  18. Unifying the Divided City  19. Addressing Rural-Urban Disparities for Harmonious Regional Development  20. Metropolitan Governance: Governing in a City of Cities  Statistical Appendix  Index

O autorze

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) promotes socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all