Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements / Edition 1

by Un-Habitat

Overview

'The world has entered the urban millennium. Nearly half the world's people are now city dwellers, and the rapid increase in urban population is expected to continue, mainly in developing countries. This historic transition is being further propelled by the powerful forces of globalization. The central challenge for the international community is clear: to make both urbanization and globalization work for all people, instead of leaving billions behind or on the margins. Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements is a comprehensive review of conditions in the world's cities and the prospects for making them better, safer places to live in an age of globalization. I hope that it will provide all stakeholders - foremost among them the urban poor themselves - with reliable and timely information with which to set our policies right and get the machinery of urban life moving in a constructive direction.' From the Foreword by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations.

Cities in a Globalizing World presents a comprehensive review of the world's cities and analyses the positive and negative impacts on human settlements of the global trends towards social and economic integration and the rapid changes in information and communication technologies. In this Global Report, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) draws on specially commissioned and contributed background papers from more than 80 leading international specialists. The report focuses on recent trends in human settlements and their implications for poverty, inequity and social polarization. It develops advance knowledge for urban planning and management policies in support and promotion of inclusive cities and good urban governance. This major and influential report is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of human settlements conditions and trends. Written in clear, non-technical language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, it should be an essential tool and reference for academics, researchers, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853838064
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Edition description:	1
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cities in a Globalizing World was prepared under the general guidance of Daniel Biau, Director of the Global Division of UNCHS (Habitat), and the supervision of Nefise Bazoglu and Jochen Eigen, Urban Secretariat Chiefs.

Table of Contents

Key Issues and Messages * Prologue: Human Settlements in a Globalizing World * Part I: Development Context: Changes and Challenges * Development Contrasts in Human Settlements * Urban Impacts of Globalization * Framing Normative Policy Platforms * Part II: Emerging Approaches to Urban Governance and Politics * The Changing Context and Directions of Urban Governance * Politics of the Global City: Claiming rights to urban spaces * Part III: Changes in Housing Finance and Shelter Delivery Systems * The Developing Countries * The Countries with Economies in Transition * The Industrialized Countries * Part IV: Developments in the Urban Environment and Infrastructure * Urban Health in the Developing Countries * Assessments of the Urban Environment: Water Supply and Sanitation Services * Impacts of Recent Trends on Urban Transport * Energy Demands and Consumption * Decentralization and Urban Infrastructure Management Capacity * Part V: Ensuring Development Prospects * Building Capacity * Strengthening Post-disaster Reconstruction of Human Settlements * Part VI: Building a Common Future * Adequate Shelter for All * Sustaining Human Settlement Development * Epilogue: Liveability of Cities in a Globalizing World * Part VII: Statistical Annex * Country Level data * City Level Data * Index