Cities in a globalizing world : global report on human settlements 2001 / / United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Human settlements; Urbanization; Urban policy; Municipal services; Urban poor; Globalization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front 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 ; Contrasts 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 ; ICTs 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 ; 2. 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 ; Countervailing 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 ; The Habitat Agenda in broader context
• Sommario/riassunto: '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. Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements is a comprehensive review of conditions
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities in a globalizing world
• ISBN: 1-84977-072-7; 1-280-47558-7; 9786610475582; 1-136-57002-0; 600-00-0235-1; 1-4175-8299-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450426203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II