TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharya, B.
TI  - Urbanization, urban sustainability and the future of cities
SN  - 8180696561
U1  - 307.76 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Concept Pub. Co.
N1  - CONTENTS Acknowledgements  vii Preface  ix List of Tables  xvii List of Figures  xx I. Urban Habitat and its Growing Grip  1 1. Beginning of Urbanization and Emergence of Cities 1 2. City-Size in the Earliest and Pre-Industrial Phase of Urbanization  4 3. Progress of Urbanization and Some Distinctive Features  7 II. Global Urban Scenario: Some Characteristic Features  20 1. The Rate of Urbanization and the Distribution of Total Population and Urban Population  20 2. Size and Area-wise Distribution of Urban Population  26 3. 'Urban' Definition and Level of Urbanization in Global Perspective  44 I. Urban Definition  44 II. Changing Level of Urbanization in Global Perspective  50 III. Relationship between Economic Growth and Urbanization  55 IV. Size of Urban Population and the Level of Urbanization  58 V. Factors and Policies for Urban Growth  67 III. Growth of Cities: The Mega-Cities  72 1. Natural Increase and Immigration  75 2. Growth of Cities 78 I. Primate City 85 II. Urban Population by City-Size and Mega-Cities 93 3. The World City Concept 122 4. Some New Phenomena of Urbanization 124 (a) Counterurbanization and Deconcentration 124 (b) Reurbanization 127 (c) Suburbanization 128 (d) Exurbanization 129 (e) Exo-urbanization 130 IV.  Mega-Cities in the Developing World 132 1. Growing Prominence cf Mega-Cities and Changes in their Functional Behaviour 143 2. Strength and Weaknesses of Mega-Cities 152 V. The Third World Cities 156 1. Urbanization in Third World Countries in Historical Perspective 157 2. Post-Colonial Urban Trend and Levels of Urbanization 162 3. Urban Growth and Urban Change 165 I. Factors and Characteristic Elements of Urban Change 174 II. The Role and Nature of Migration 177 4. Distribution cf Urban Population according to City-Size in the Third World 183 5. Slums and Squatter Settlements 186 VI.  Some Social and Environmental Considerations  207 1. Homelessness, Pavement Dwellers and the Informal Sector 207 2. Gender Inequality and Child Labour 211 3. Environmental Problems 221 4. The Urban Ecological Footprint 233 5. Environment and Health 234 VII. Urban Sustainability 241 1. The Violated Environment: Human Penchant for Unsustainability 241 2. Protecting the Environment: Hopes and Doubts  256 3. An Approach to Sustainability 266 4. Sustainable Cities 272 5. City's Role and Responsibility in making Sustainable Development: A Possibility 287 6. Sustainability and Cities : Strength, Weakness and Potential 292 7. City as a Concept of the Inevitable Living Place for the Humans 299 VIII.The Future of Cities in an Urbanizing World 314 1. The Dual Responsibilities of Cities 314 2. Globalization and the Role of Cities 335 3. Cities in Transformation and Globalism 342 4. The Cities of the Future 358 5. The Future of Cities in the Developing World 375 6. National Policy of Urbanization in the Developing World 380 IX.  Conclusion 396 Appendices I. Urban and Rural Populations with New Additions 1950-2030 (New Additions shown within Brackets)  406 II. Population of Urban Agglomerations with the Highest Degree of Primacy in 1975 409 III. Population of Urban Agglomerations with the Highest Degree of Primacy and Changes in their Degree of Primacy between 1975 and 2000 411 IV. The 30 Largest Urban Agglomerations Ranked by Population Size : 1950-2015 413 Bibliography 424 Index 434
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