Global Urban Growth: A Reference Handbook by Donald C. Williams Ph.D. HARDBACK

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Global Urban GrowthA Reference Handbook\nAuthor(s): Donald C. Williams Ph.D.\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: ABC-CLIO\nISBN-13: 9781598844412, 978-1598844412\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide, especially within the previous 50 years, identifying the factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and exploring its many consequences.\nGlobal Urban Growth: A Reference Handbook examines urbanization and the challenges associated with rapid urban growth and urban sprawl from a truly global perspective, rather than presenting only a limited exploration of the subject by addressing a single city, country, or region. \n\nInvestigating urbanization and related policy challenges as both a general phenomenon of all modern societies and one that varies greatly in different regions of the world, the book charts different growth trajectories in these societies and varying policy responses. Significant varia.