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Megacities: Our Global Urban Future

Edited By: Frauke Kraas
260 pages
Publisher: Springer Nature
Megacities: Our Global Urban Future
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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 this text 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 chronically traffic-choked Bangkok. Authors cover the impact of climate change on megacities, as well as less tangible issues such as socio-political fragmentation in the urban areas of Rio de Janeiro.

This exploration of some of the most crucial issues that we face as a species sets out research that is of the utmost importance, with the potential to contribute substantially to global justice and peace - and thereby prosperity.

Contents

Megacities and Global Change: Vulnerability, Informality and Governance.-Sustainability and Health in Indian Megacities.- Last Spaces: Underground Potentials in Megacities.- Risk Habitat Megacity.- Managing the Metropolis -- Planning in New York City.- Development Dynamics in the World Factory of Pearl River Delta/China.- Development Trends in Pune/India.- Food Supply for Megacity Dhaka/Bangladesh.- Dar es Salaam/Tanzania: Informal Urban Sprawl and Technical Infrastructure.- Bangkok: Innovative Transport Strategies.- Bus Rapid Transit: The Answer to Transport Problems in Megacities?- The Example of TransMilenio (Bogota / Colombia).- Land Development Strategies in Megacities: Guiding Land Use and Land Rights in the Context of Urban Sprawl and Informality.- E-Governance Initiatives in India; Case Studies from Hyderabad and Bangalore.- Durban - the Challenge of Mainstreaming Sustainability at the Local Government level.- "Phobopolis": Socio-political Fragmentation of the Urban Space in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Megacities -- a Challenge for Development Cooperation.

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Edited By: Frauke Kraas
260 pages
Publisher: Springer Nature
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