World Cities: Achieving Liveability And Vibrancy (Hardcover)

How does a city make sound policy decisions on sustainability and governance while simultaneously promoting economic growth and development excellence? This book focuses on the major challenges that world cities are facing in such key areas as governance, social inclusiveness, infrastructural development, financial solvency as well as environmental and ecological sustainability. Based on case studies from cities in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, this collection of essays brings together some of the top academics, professionals and policymakers from the world over and presents their views on how to best strike the balance between growth and sustainability. The range of perspectives, ideas and depth of information makes this an invaluable resource for researchers, city planning professionals and policymakers in environment, urban development and urban economic planning.

General

Imprint:	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	August 2009
Editors:	Giok Ling Ooi • Belinda Yuen
Dimensions:	237 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-981-4280-71-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	981-4280-71-2
Barcode:	9789814280716

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