International and Transnational Perspectives on Urban Systems

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rozenblat, Celine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pumain, Denise (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Velasquez, Elkin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
• Θέματα: Urban geography.; Physical geography.; Sustainable development.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).; Sustainable Development.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This book reviews the recent evolutions of cities in the world according to entirely revised theoretical fundamentals of urban systems. It relies on a vision of cities sharing common dynamic features as co-evolving entities in complex systems. Systems of cities that are interdependent in their evolu...

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• Preliminary Typology of Cities and Systems of Cities
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• The Canadian Urban System: Urban Canada Goes Global
• Metropolization and polycentrism in the European Urban system
• Changes in the Japanese Urban System Since the 1950s: Urbanization, Demography, and the Management Function
• The South American Urban System: Primacy, Urban Concentration and Emerging Morphologies
• The Brazilian Urban System: Specialization and Regional Development
• The Chinese Urban System: Between Multi-level Political Evolution and Economic Transition
• Diffuse Urbanization and Mega Urban Regions in India: Between Reluctant and Restrictive Urbanism?
• The Russian Urban System: Evolution Engaged with Transition
• The South African Urban System: Coming to Terms with the Legacy of Social Control and Exclusion?
• Urbanization in Africa: Trends, Regional Specificities and Challenges
• The Sustainability of Urbanization in Africa's Great Lakes Region: Trends and Policies Options
• Extended Metropolitan Development in Southeast Asia: From Primate Cities to Rerritorial Urban Diffusion.