Risk Habitat Megacity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heinrichs, Dirk (Editor), Krellenberg, Kerstin (Editor), Hansjürgens, Bernd (Editor), Martínez, Francisco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Political science.; Science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Science, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Political Science.

Megacity development and the inherent risks and opportunities for humans and the environment is a theme of growing urgency in the 21st century. Focusing on Latin America where urbanization is most advanced, this book studies the complexity of a ‘mega-urban system’ and explores interrelations between...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Part I: A Challenge for Research and Implementation
• Part II: Developing the Conceptual Framework
• Part III: Exploring Policy Fields
• Part IV: Synthesis and Perspectives.