Preparing for the Urban Future: Global Pressures and Local Forces [Woodrow Wilson Center Special Studies]

Cohen, Michael A., et al., eds.

ISBN 10: 0943875781 / ISBN 13: 9780943875781

Verlag: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, distrib. by Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the United Nations Centre on Human Settlements (Habitat II)., 1996

8vo, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Near fine condition, contents bright, crisp & clean, virtually unopened. xvi, 439 p., illus., maps. Rev. papers presented at the June 1996 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1031215.52

Inhaltsangabe:

This collection of essays looks at the phenomenon of increasing global urbanization, and its attendent problems: unemployment, corroding infrastructure, deteriorating environment, a collapse of social cohesion, and weakening institutions. It asks why this is happening, and what can be done.

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Titel: Preparing for the Urban Future: Global ...
Verlag: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, distrib. by Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the United Nations Centre on Human Settlements (Habitat II).
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New