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- Livable Cities?: Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unlivable. Pollution is rising, affordable housing is decreasing, and green space is shrinking. Since three-quarters of those joining the world's population during the next century will live in Third World cities, making these urban areas more livable is one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century. This book explores the linked issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in major cities of the developing and transitional world. Livable Cities? identifies important strategies for collective solutions by showing how political alliances among local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and public agencies can help ordinary citizens live better lives.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Acknowledgments
- p. xiii
- References
- pp. 247-267
- List of Contributors
- pp. 269-272
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520935976
Related ISBN(s)
9780520230255
MARC Record
OCLC
55749077
Pages
290
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No