LEADER 05738oam 2200829I 450 001 9910450426203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84977-072-7 010 $a1-280-47558-7 010 $a9786610475582 010 $a1-136-57002-0 010 $a600-00-0235-1 010 $a1-4175-8299-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849770729 035 $a(CKB)1000000000238713 035 $a(EBL)981919 035 $a(OCoLC)804662444 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122472 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11922716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122472 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10122869 035 $a(PQKB)11108780 035 $a(OCoLC)647502171 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981919 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981919 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128957 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47558 035 $a(OCoLC)58531143 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000238713 100 $a20180706d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCities in a globalizing world $eglobal report on human settlements 2001 /$fUnited Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) 210 1$aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85383-806-3 311 $a1-85383-805-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Cities in a Globalzing World; Copyright Page; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Boxes; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Key Issues and Messages; Prologue: Human Settlements in a Globalizing World; Part I: The Development Context: Changes and Challenges; 1. Development Contrasts in Human Settlements; Highlights; Contrasts in urbanization patterns; Contrasts in the wealth of cities; Contrasts in competitiveness; Contrasts in opportunities; Contrasts in local and global priorities 327 $aContrasts within countries and regions Contrasts within urban areas; Uneven Development: Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies on Human Settlements; ICTs and contemporary urbanization: a critical nexus; Challenges for urban analysis; Not the 'death of distance': why the dominant logic of ICT-based development supports urban polarization; New technologies tend to extend the reach of the economically and culturally powerful; Urban polarization and the internet; The internet and the restructuring of US cities 327 $aICTs as supports to the restructuring of human settlements: integrating international divisions of labour ICTs, urban polarization and restructuring in developing cities; Cultural and economic biases of the international information marketplace; Bridging the urban digital divide; Human Settlements in a Polarizing World: Poverty and Inequity; Decreases in income and increases in cost of living; The urbanization of poverty; Inequality and polarization; The developing countries; The countries with economies in transition; The industrialized countries; Assessment of trends 327 $a2. Urban Impacts of Globalization Globalization, Urban Planning and Democracy; Physical Reflections of Globalization; Inequality and the quartering of urban space; Mobile citadels of wealth and business; The quarter of gentrification; Suburbanization inside and outside the city; The old working class quarter and the immigrant enclave; Abandonment and the new ghetto of exclusion; Walls between the quarters; The debasing of the urban cultural environment; The declining public orientation of the state and the distortions of land use by the market; The residualization of social housing 327 $aCountervailing Favourable Trends The democratization of decision-making; The advance of knowledge; 3. Framing Normative Policy Platforms; Antecedents and Context; Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000; Human Settlements Policy Issues in United Nations Development Agendas in the 1990's; The focus on poverty and human rights; The emphasis on empowerment and gender equality; United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (Istanbul, 1996); Innovations; The Istanbul Declaration and Habitat Agenda; Goals and principles; Commitments; Strategies; Evaluation 327 $aThe Habitat Agenda in broader context 330 $a'The world has entered the urban millennium. Nearly half the world's people are now city dwellers, and the rapid increase in urban population is expected to continue, mainly in developing countries. This historic transition is being further propelled by the powerful forces of globalization. The central challenge for the international community is clear: to make both urbanization and globalization work for all people, instead of leaving billions behind or on the margins. 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