| 书目名称 | Megacities | | 副标题 | Our Global Urban Fut | | 编辑 | Frauke Kraas,Surinder Aggarwal,Günter Mertins | | 视频video | | | 概述 | The book identifies and promotes examples of balanced and safe urban management, through contrasting megacities worldwide.Reviews planning and management systems to assess their ability to support sus | | 丛书名称 | International Year of Planet Earth | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing countries, making the influx of citizens unstoppable, many of humankind’s coming social, economic and political dramas will be played out in megacities. This book shows how geographers and Earth scientists are contributing to a better understanding of megacities..The contributors analyze the impact of socio-economic and political activities on environmental change and vice versa, and identify solutions to the worst problems. They propose ways of improving the management of megacities and achieving a greater degree of sustainability in their development. The goals, of wise use of human and natural resources, risk reduction (both social and environmental) and quality of life enhancement, are agreed upon. But, as thistext proves, the means of achieving these ends are varied. Hence, chapters cover an array of topics, from health management in Indian megacities, to planning in New York, to transport solutions for the chroni | | 出版日期 | Book 2014 | | 关键词 | IYPE; megacities; planning; quality of life; sustainable development; urban management; landscape/regional | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3417-5 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0510-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-90-481-3417-5 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2014 |
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