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Author: Edwin S. Mills Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 344
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Survey of Urbanization in Korea -- Causes and Comparisons of Urban Growth -- Primacy and City Size Distribution -- Migration -- Structure of Cities -- Land Values -- Housing -- Urban Transportation -- Environmental Quality -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Appendix to Chapter 2 Statistical Data on Urbanization in Korea -- Appendix to Chapter 3 Statistical Data on Urban Growth -- Appendix to Chapter 4 Statistical Data on Primacy and City Size Distribution -- Appendix to Chapter 5 Statistical Data on Migration -- Appendix to Chapter 6 Statistical Data on Structure of Cities -- Appendix to Chapter 7 Statistical Data on Land Values -- Appendix to Chapter 8 Statistical Data on Housing -- Appendix to Chapter 9 Statistical Data on Urban Transportation -- Appendix to Chapter 10 Statistical Data on Environmental Quality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Author: World Bank Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 1464802068 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 583
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In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.
Author: Edwin S. Mills Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 344
Book Description
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Survey of Urbanization in Korea -- Causes and Comparisons of Urban Growth -- Primacy and City Size Distribution -- Migration -- Structure of Cities -- Land Values -- Housing -- Urban Transportation -- Environmental Quality -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Appendix to Chapter 2 Statistical Data on Urbanization in Korea -- Appendix to Chapter 3 Statistical Data on Urban Growth -- Appendix to Chapter 4 Statistical Data on Primacy and City Size Distribution -- Appendix to Chapter 5 Statistical Data on Migration -- Appendix to Chapter 6 Statistical Data on Structure of Cities -- Appendix to Chapter 7 Statistical Data on Land Values -- Appendix to Chapter 8 Statistical Data on Housing -- Appendix to Chapter 9 Statistical Data on Urban Transportation -- Appendix to Chapter 10 Statistical Data on Environmental Quality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Author: Ray Brescia Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317120884 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 313
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Cities are frequently viewed as passive participants to state and national efforts to solve the toughest urban problems. But the evidence suggests otherwise. Cities are actively devising innovative policy solutions and they have the potential to do even more. In this volume, the authors examine current threats to communities across the U.S. and the globe. They draw on first-hand experience with, and accounts of, the crises already precipitated by climate change, population shifts, and economic inequality. This volume is distinguished, however, by its central objective of traveling beyond a description of problems and a discussion of their serious implications. Each of the thirteen chapters frame specific recommendations and guidance on the range of core capacities and interventions that 21st Century cities would be prudent to consider in mapping their immediate and future responses to these critical problems. How Cities Will Save the World brings together authors with frontline experience in the fields of city redevelopment, urban infrastructure, healthcare, planning, immigration, historic preservation, and local government administration. They not only offer their ground level view of threats caused by climate change, population shifts, and economic inequality, but they provide solution-driven narratives identifying promising innovations to help cities tackle this century’s greatest adversities.
Author: Yap Kioe Sheng Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISBN: 9814380024 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 404
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Urbanization occurs in tandem with development. Countries in Southeast Asia need to build - individually and collectively - the capacity of their cities and towns to promote economic growth and development, to make urban development more sustainable, to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and to ensure that all groups in society share in the development. This book is a result of a series of regional discussions by experts and practitioners involved in the urban and planning of their countries. It highlights urbanization issues that have implications for regional - including ASEAN - cooperation, and provides practical recommendations for policymakers. It is a first step towards assisting governments in the region to take advantage of existing collaborative partnerships to address the urban transformation that Southeast Asia is experiencing today.
Author: Ronald F. Ferguson Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ISBN: 9780815719816 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 644
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In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security.
Author: Luca N. Wagner Publisher: Nova Publishers ISBN: 9781600219894 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 260
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Urbanization refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. Historically, it has been closely connected with industrialization. When more and more inanimate sources of energy were used to enhance human productivity (industrialization), surpluses increased in both agriculture and industry. Larger and larger proportions of a population could live in cities. Economic forces were such that cities became the ideal places to locate factories and their workers. This new book presents recent and significant research from around the globe.
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