1st Edition
Cities in a Globalizing World Global Report on Human Settlements
By Un-Habitat
Copyright 2001
382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
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'The world has entered the urban millennium. Nearly half the world's people are now city dwellers, and the rapid increase in urban population is expected to continue, mainly in developing countries. This historic transition is being further propelled by the powerful forces of globalization. The central challenge for the international community is clear: to make both urbanization and globalization... Read more
Key Issues and Messages * Prologue: Human Settlements in a Globalizing World * Part I: Development Context: Changes and Challenges * Development Contrasts in Human Settlements * Urban Impacts of Globalization * Framing Normative Policy Platforms * Part II: Emerging Approaches to Urban Governance and Politics * The Changing Context and Directions of Urban Governance * Politics of the Global City: Claiming rights to urban spaces * Part III: Changes in Housing Finance and Shelter Delivery Systems * The Developing Countries * The Countries with Economies in Transition * The Industrialized Countries * Part IV: Developments in the Urban Environment and Infrastructure * Urban Health in the Developing Countries * Assessments of the Urban Environment: Water Supply and Sanitation Services * Impacts of Recent Trends on Urban Transport * Energy Demands and Consumption * Decentralization and Urban Infrastructure Management Capacity * Part V: Ensuring Development Prospects * Building Capacity * Strengthening Post-disaster Reconstruction of Human Settlements * Part VI: Building a Common Future * Adequate Shelter for All * Sustaining Human Settlement Development * Epilogue: Liveability of Cities in a Globalizing World * Part VII: Statistical Annex * Country Level data * City Level Data * Index
Biography
Cities in a Globalizing World was prepared under the general guidance of Daniel Biau, Director of the Global Division of UNCHS (Habitat), and the supervision of Nefise Bazoglu and Jochen Eigen, Urban Secretariat Chiefs.
