Urban Planning Against Poverty : How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Global South /

This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bolay, Jean-Claude (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Series:	Future City, 14
Subjects:	Regional planning. Urban planning. Sociology, Urban. Applied sociology. Sustainable development. City planning. Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. Urban Studies/Sociology. Social/Human Development Studies. Sustainable Development. Urbanism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Urban facts
Chapter 3. Global Sustainability: How to Rethink Urban Planning
Chapter 4. Convoluted urban planning
Chapter 5. An intermediate city in Brazil: Between inequalities and growth
Chapter 6. Urban dynamics and regional development in Argentina
Chapter 7. Conclusion.