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  Title

  Global urban growth : a reference handbook

  Author

  Williams, Donald C., 1962-  

  Publisher:

  ABC-CLIO,

  Pub date:

  c2012.

  Pages:

  xv, 311 p. :

  ISBN:

  9781598844412

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HT371 .W545 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HT371 .W545 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9781598844412 (hardcopy : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  1598844415 (hardcopy : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9781598844429 (ebook)

  ISBN:

  1598844423 (ebook)

  Personal Author:

  Williams, Donald C., 1962-

  Title:

  Global urban growth : a reference handbook / Donald C. Williams.

  Publication info:

  Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2012.

  Physical description:

  xv, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (Contemporary world issues)

  Contents:

  Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? -- Turning to the international community -- Private sector solutions to slums -- References -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches.

  Held by:

  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Urbanization.

  Subject term:

  Cities and towns--Growth.

  Subject term:

  Cities and towns--Developing countries.

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