Global Urban Growth : A Reference Handbook

by Williams, Donald C.

• ISBN13: 9781598844412
• ISBN10: 1598844415
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-06
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

ABC-CLIO's celebrated Contemporary World Issues series-available in both print and eBook formats-provides accurate, unbiased reference handbooks on the major topics of the day. Subject categories are: Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Global Urban Growth	p. 1
People and Urban Places	p. 1
What Purposes Do Cities Serve?	p. 3
Why Do People Prefer Cities?	p. 5
Challenges of Urban Growth	p. 7
References	p. 9
Urban Growth Pressures and Sprawl in the United States	p. 11
Background to the Current Crisis: Land Resources and Public Policy in the United States	p. 11
Historic Evolution of Urban Land Use in the United States	p. 12
The Contemporary Phenomenon of Urban Sprawl: Costs and Consequences	p. 21
Making Better Use of the Land: The Debate over Controlling Urban Sprawl	p. 25
Containing Sprawl through Local Zoning	p. 25
Statewide Prescriptions for Sprawl	p. 27
Preserving Rural Lands from Urban Sprawl	p. 31
Fighting Sprawl by Reclaiming Central Cities	p. 34
Improving Life in the Suburbs	p. 36
Recent Trends in the Debate over Sprawl	p. 39
The Smart-Growth Movement	p. 39
The Property Rights Challenge	p. 40
Federal Smart-Growth Initiatives	p. 41
New Trends in Urban Growth	p. 44
References	p. 44
Urban Growth around the World	p. 49
Urban Growth in the Developed World	p. 50
Western Europe	p. 50
Eastern Europe and Russia	p. 55
Future Directions for Europe and Russia	p. 57
Japan and East Asia	p. 59
Canada	p. 61
Urban Growth in the Developing World	p. 62
Urbanization in Historical Perspective	p. 62
Cities of the Developing World Today	p. 63
Life in the Slums	p. 64
Growth and Evolution of Slums	p. 68
Latin America	p. 69
Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 70
Middle East	p. 72
South Asia	p. 74
Southeast Asia	p. 75
China	p. 76
Future Directions in the Developing World	p. 78
What Can Be Done about Slums?	p. 79
Turning to the International Community	p. 81
Private Sector Solutions to Slums	p. 82
References	p. 83
Chronology	p. 85
Biographical Sketches	p. 95
Geoffrey Anderson	p. 95
Jockin Arputham	p. 96
Jonathan Barnett	p. 97
Inga Björk-Klevby	p. 97
Lawrence Bloom	p. 98
Somsook Boonyabancha	p. 99
Peter Calthorpe	p. 99
Joan Clos	p. 100
Wendell Cox	p. 101
John M. DeGrove	p. 102
Andres Duany	p. 103
Alain Durand-Lasserve	p. 104
Gordon Feller	p. 104
Robert H. Freilich	p. 105
Parris N. Glendening	p. 106
Sir Peter Hall	p. 107
William H. Hudnut	p. 108
Bruce Kate	p. 109
C. S. Kiang	p. 110
Miloon Kothari	p. 111
Gerrit-Jan Knaap	p. 111
Aprodocio A. Laquian	p. 112
Jaime Lerner	p. 113
Patricia McCarney	p. 114
Rose Seisie Molokoane	p. 115
Neal Peirce	p. 116
Douglas R. Porter	p. 116
Eduardo Rojas	p. 117
Baoxing Qiu	p. 118
Samuel Staley	p. 119
Anna K. Tibaijuka	p. 119
Marc A. Weiss	p. 121
Data and Documents	p. 123
Data	p. 123
Number and Total Population of New Cities Established Since 1990 UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)	p. 123
Population of Slum Areas by Developing Region UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (2008)	p. 124
Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2005)	p. 125
United States Surface Area by Land Cover/Use (2007)	p. 125
Developed Land, United States (1982-2007)	p. 126
Change in Amount of Developed Non-federal Land in the United States, in Thousands of Acres over 25 Years (1982-2007)	p. 126
Documents	p. 128
City Plan: Directions for Vancouver (1995)	p. 130
The Munich Perspective (1996)	p. 135
Statewide Planning Program-State of Oregon (1973)	p. 140
Charter of the Metropolitan Government of Portland, Oregon (1993)	p. 150
Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiatives-State of Maryland (1997)	p. 170
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements (1996)	p. 175
Curitiba Experience	p. 179
Directory of Organizations	p. 185
Global Urban Growth	p. 185
U.S. National Advocacy Organizations	p. 200
U.S. State and Regional Urban Growth Agencies and Advocacy Organizations	p. 222
Resources	p. 231
Print	p. 232
General	p. 232
United States arid Canada	p. 235
Developed World: North America, Europe, and Asia	p. 254
Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East	p. 262
Nonprint	p. 277
Websites	p. 277
Glossary	p. 287
Index	p. 297
About the Author	p. 311
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