Mega-city Growth and the Future - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 818504015X ISBN 13: 9788185040158

Publisher: Bookwell Publications, 2002

Synopsis

In this study of the implications of the growth of the megacity, scholars and planners, and officials from the World Bank and the Population Division of the UN examine a range of issues related to the megacity phenomenon. Areas covered include demographic issues, labour force changes, economic and social consequences of mega-city growth, and the management of mega-cities.

About this title

About the Author

Roland J. Fuchs is Vice-Rector at United Nations University, Tokyo. Ellen Brennan is Chief of the Population Policy Section, Population Division, at the United Nations. Joseph Chamie is director of the United Nations Population Division. Fu-Chen Lo is the former deputy director of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo. He is the Taipei economic and cultural representative to Japan. Juha I. Uitto is senior evaluation advisor at the United Nations Development Programme Evaluation Office, New York, USA.

Synopsis

In this title, scholars and planners from the world over examine a range of issues related to mega city phenomenon: growth, labour force, the effect of macroeconomic forces and the relations between technology and the city.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bookwell Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 818504015X
• ISBN 13: 9788185040158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 436
• Editor: Fuchs Ronald K.