The Metropolis era /

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Imprint:Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1988.
Description:2 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/885336
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Other title:Mega-cities.
Other authors / contributors:Dogan, Mattei
Kasarda, John D.
ISBN:0803926022 (v. 1) : $40.00
0803926030 (v. 2) : $40.00
Notes:Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • How Giant Cities Will Multiply and Grow
  • Giant Cities as Maritime Gateways
  • Economic Restructuring and America's Urban Dilemma
  • High Technology and Urban Dynamics in the United States
  • Urban Growth and Decline in Western Europe
  • Large Cities in Eastern Europe
  • Great Cities of Eastern Asia
  • Levels of Urbanization in China
  • Giant Cities of the Urban Hierarchy in China
  • India's Giant Cities
  • Giant and Secondary City Growth in Africa
  • Latin American Cities and Their Poor
  • Vulnerability of Giant Cities and the Life Lottery
  • Growth and Pathologies of Giant Cities