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Cities around the World [2 volumes] - Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life (Hardcover)
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Cities around the World [2 volumes] - Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life (Hardcover)
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This two-volume set offers a comprehensive overview of major
challenges faced by cities worldwide in the 21st century, and how
cities in different geographic, economic, and political conditions
are finding solutions to them. This two-volume encyclopedia
examines ten critical issues that face cities across the globe
today-environmental and societal struggles that affect the daily
lives of city dwellers. Readers will gain a better understanding of
our global neighbors and will be able to use this book in order to
compare and contrast different approaches to critical issues in our
world. Volume One examines employment and jobs; energy and
sustainability; green spaces; housing and infrastructure; and
migration and demographic changes. Volume Two discusses pollution;
schools; traffic and transportation; violence, corruption, and
organized crime; and waste management. Each issue begins with an
introduction providing an overview of the issue from a global
perspective. Following the introduction are ten alphabetically
arranged world city profiles of cities that are struggling with the
issue and cities that have found innovative solutions to deal with
the crisis. The profiles explain how the problem came to be;
consequences inhabitants face, such as compromised health, limited
access to education, and high taxes with low wages; and failed and
successful initiatives taken by city management. Offers students
more than a simple A-Z encyclopedia of the world's major cities by
delving deep into the issues that these urban centers face Includes
approximately 100 entries on a multitude of issues in a variety of
cities around the world, from Abu Dhabi to Zurich Includes
photographs to help to illuminate and provide visual support to the
text Features entries written by more than 30 scholars with
backgrounds in a variety of disciplines, contributing to a
well-rounded, comprehensive text
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