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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367723803321

Titolo

The century of global cities : how urbanisation is changing the world and shaping our future / / edited by Andrea Tobia Zevi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milan, Italy : , : Ledizioni, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

88-5526-090-1

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (156 p.)

Collana

Pubblicazioni ISPI

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cities and towns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Why Global Cities? / Saskia Sassen -- 2. Reliable Data, New Tools and Sustainable Goals to Foster Urban Growth / Patricia L. McCarney -- 3. The Transformative Potential of Local Climate Change Strategies / Ewa Iwaszuk, Linda Mederake, Doris Knoblauch -- 4. Establishing Quality Infrastructure and Responsible Trade in Global Cities / Jena Santoro -- 5. Migrants Need Cities, Cities Need Migrants / Juliana Kerr -- 6. Cities, Democracy and the 99 Percent / Marialuisa Palumbo -- The Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Cities are gaining importance and influence worldwide. They sustain the global economy, set cultural trends, produce greenhouse gas emissions and consume energy; they attract migration flows and foster new political waves. While cities were supposed to be declining back in the 1980s, the globalised economy has established them as crucial world hubs leading billions of people on every continent, both at the top and the bottom of the social ladder, to move to cities. Today, global cities cry out for a more prominent role. But why and to what extent do they matter? Can they really stand alone in the global arena? How are they interacting with governments and multilateral organisations? From climate change to connectivity, from inequalities to migration: what is their contribution to key global challenges?



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910896495903321

Titolo

Unser Jahresbericht .. / Herausgeber Europarc Deutschland e.V

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Europarc Deutschland, 2017-2018

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

790

380

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

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