Living in the megacity : towards sustainable urban environments /

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Imprint:Tokyo, Japan : Springer, [2021]
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Global Environmental Studies, 2192-6336
Global environmental studies,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12612484
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Other authors / contributors:Muramatsu, Shin, editor.
McGee, T. G., editor.
Mori, Kōichirō, 1972- editor.
ISBN:9784431569015
4431569014
9784431568995
4431568999
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 26, 2021).
Summary:This book tackles the challenging issues raised by the growth of large megacities from diverse perspectives and approaches. The central question raised by the growth of megacities is what effect their growth will have on the ability of the global population to live in sustainable, livable, and safe societies. In Part I, important issues on the relationships between megacities and sustainability of the global environment are specified. Part II shows what can be learned from the history and diversity of megacities to solve challenging issues of the present. We present practical approaches that can solve the issues of megacities particularly focusing on human activities that seek the more harmonious relationship between life amenities and the natural environment: population density and urban built environment; production and trade; and environmental education and enlightenment. Part III aims to answer the question, what aspects of megacities should be measured and assessed? Barometers are necessary to control human activities in megacities. We consider how to measure and assess performances of megacities, reviewing some cases of indicators that authors have developed. This publication highlights the challenging issues of the relationships between megacities and sustainability of the global environment and related issues that have accrued from them, based on the following three scales: long-term time scale from the past to the present and future; a vast spatial scale that links global space with local spaces; and the scale of various aspects of human socio-economic activities in megacities.
Other form:Original 4431568999 9784431568995
Standard no.:10.1007/978-4-431-56901-5

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Chapter 1. Megacities as a Global Centre of Sustainability Issues: Overview of the Book -- Part 1. Issues in Megacities -- Chapter 2. The Management of Urbanization, Development and Environmental Change in the Megacities of Asia in the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 3. Historical Ecology of Societal Nucleation and Collapse -- Chapter 4. Diversity and Historical Continuity of the Residential Landscape of Megacities: A Case Study on the Jakarta Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 5. Regional Diversity and Sustainability of Megacities in Global Historical Perspective -- Part 2. Approaches to Sustainable Megacities -- Chapter 6. Generation of Urban Morphologies through Long-term Evolution of Socio-Ecological Urban Systems: Regional Characteristics and Sustainable Management of Megacities -- Chapter 7. Human Utility of Marine Ecosystem Services and Behavioral Intentions for Marine Conservation: Implications for Urban-Rural Partnership -- Chapter 8. From Sanitary to Sustainable to Sacred: Metro Nature Experiences and Engagement -- Part 3. Urban Sustainability Indicators -- Chapter 9. The City Sustainability Index (CSI): How Should the Sustainability of Megacities be Assessed? -- Chapter 10. The Urban Sustainability Indicators in Québec -- Chapter 11. Sustainability and Urban Functions from the Perspective of the Global Power City Index (GPCI). 
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