Megacities Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sorensen, André (Editor), Okata, Junichiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2011.
• Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, 10
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present major new challenges. This book examines how issues of megacity development, urban form, sustainability...