Megacities Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability / edited by Andre Sorensen, Junichiro Okata.

For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present major new challenges. This book examines how issues of megacity development, urban form, sustainability...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sorensen, Andre (Editor), Okata, Junichiro (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, 10
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