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This book puts forth a science of cities to help prepare for the mass urban in-migration expected by 2050, by which time 70 percent of the global human population is expected to live in metropolitan areas, according to the Untied Nations. Drawing on data from the Atlas of Urban Expansion, which uses satellite imagery to measure urban growth and related factors, it provides planners, elected officials, and other policy makers with the conceptual framework, basic empirical data, and practical agenda necessary to manage development at sustainable densities throughout the world.
Price: $40.00
Pages: 343
Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Imprint: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Publication Date:
28 August 2012
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9781558442450
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Shlomo Angel has written a fascinating and timely book about cities. It is full of interesting facts and wisdom. The book gives a sense of the enormous variety of challenges facing the world's cities and the folly of trying to handle every one of these urban challenges with a one-size-fits-all policy.
Shlomo (Solly) Angel is a professor of city planning at New York University's Marron Institute and leads both NYU's Urban Expansion program and Stern Urbanization Project.