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Cities of the world : regional patterns and urban environments /

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"This edition focuses specifically on urban environmental issues, social and economic injustice, security and conflict, the history of urban settlement, urban models, and daily life. Building on 2015 as the Year of Water, the book introduces urban water concerns as a common undercurrent running...

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Corporate Author: Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Other Authors: Brunn, Stanley D. (Editor), Graybill, Jessica K., 1973- (Editor), Hays-Mitchell, Maureen (Editor), Ziegler, Donald J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Urban policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • World urban development
  • Cities of the United States and Canada
  • Cities of Middle America and the Caribbean
  • Cities of South America
  • Cities of Europe
  • Cities of Russia
  • Cities of the greater Middle East
  • Cities of sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cities of South Asia
  • Cities of Southeast Asia
  • Cities of East Asia
  • Cities of Australia and South Pacific
  • Cities of the future
  • Appendixcover photo credits
  • Geographical index
  • Index to subjects
  • About the editors and contributors.