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Angel Shlomo |
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Titolo |
Planet of Cities [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge, : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns -- Growth |
Urbanization |
Urbanization - Growth |
Cities and towns |
Sociology & Social History |
Social Sciences |
Communities - Urban Groups |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Chapter 1: Coming to Terms with Global Urban Expansion""; ""Chapter 2: The Inevitable Expansion Proposition""; ""Chapter 3: The Sustainable Densities Proposition""; ""Chapter 4: The Decent Housing Proposition""; ""Chapter 5: The Public Works Proposition""; ""Chapter 6: Urbanization in Historical Perspective""; ""Chapter 7: The Geography of World Urbanization""; ""Chapter 8: The Global Hierarchy of Cities""; ""Chapter 9: The Evidence: New Maps, New Metrics, Old Theory""; ""Chapter 10: Global Urban Land Cover and Its Expansion"" |
""Chapter 11: The Persistent Decline in Urban Densities""""Chapter 12: From Centrality to Dispersal""; ""Chapter 13: The Fragmentation of Urban Landscapes""; ""Chapter 14: The Pulsating Compactness of Urban Footprints""; ""Chapter 15: Urban Land Cover Projections, 2000�2050""; ""Chapter 16: Urban Expansion and the Loss of Cultivated Lands""; ""Chapter 17: Making Room for aPlanet of Cities""; ""References""; ""Photograph Credits""; ""Index"" |
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