For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas. In the wealthier countries of the world, the transition from predominantly rural to urban habitation is more or less complete. But in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, urban populations are expanding rapidly. Current UN projections indicate that virtually all population growth in the world over the next 30 years will be absorbed by towns and cities in developing countries. These simple demographic facts have profound implications for those concerned with understanding and addressing the pressing global development challenges of reducing poverty, promoting economic growth, improving human security and confronting environmental change. This revised and expanded second edition of Cities and Development explores the dynamic relationship between urbanism and development from a global perspective. The book surveys a wide range of topics, including: the historical origins of world urbanization; the role cities play in the process of economic development; the nature of urban poverty and the challenge of promoting sustainable livelihoods; the complexities of managing urban land, housing, infrastructure and urban services; and the spectres of endemic crime, conflict and violence in urban areas. This updated volume also contains two entirely new chapters: one that examines the links between urbanisation and environmental change, and a second that focuses on urban governance and politics. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, the book critically engages with debates in urban studies, geography and international development studies. Each chapter includes supplements in the form of case studies, chapter summaries, questions for discussion and suggested further readings. The book is targeted at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in geography, urban studies and international development studies, as well as policy makers, urban planners and development practitioners.

For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas. In the wealthier countries of the world, the transition from predominantly rural to urban habitation is more or less complete. But in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, urban populations are expanding rapidly. Current UN projections indicate that virtually all population growth in the world over the next 30 years will be absorbed by towns and cities in developing countries. These simple demographic facts have profound implications for those concerned with understanding and addressing the pressing global development challenges of reducing poverty, promoting economic growth, improving human security and confronting environmental change. This revised and expanded second edition of Cities and Development explores the dynamic relationship between urbanism and development from a global perspective. The book surveys a wide range of topics, including: the historical origins of world urbanization; the role cities play in the process of economic development; the nature of urban poverty and the challenge of promoting sustainable livelihoods; the complexities of managing urban land, housing, infrastructure and urban services; and the spectres of endemic crime, conflict and violence in urban areas. This updated volume also contains two entirely new chapters: one that examines the links between urbanisation and environmental change, and a second that focuses on urban governance and politics. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, the book critically engages with debates in urban studies, geography and international development studies. Each chapter includes supplements in the form of case studies, chapter summaries, questions for discussion and suggested further readings. The book is targeted at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in geography, urban studies and international development studies, as well as policy makers, urban planners and development practitioners.

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The FIRE BOOK of Scenes and Stories (First Edition) -- is a book of three love stories and an essay on storytelling. Each of the three love stories is a comedy about the insanity of our modern world. ALAN FOX writes character stories about people with: Attitude. People fighting for a theatrical attitude toward life. People fighting to build an indestructible sense of wonder against a brutal world, a wild, strange, dangerous and mysterious world. The FIRE BOOK is a 'fight' book of how to build your character, and how to move your way through the scenes and stories of your life, in a mindbending world. ---- Presented here are the following four works: (1) "THE SOUND CHASER VERSUS THE THUNDER GOD" -- The story of a young man and woman who take on the world in a reality battle, a battle of what's real versus unreal, of what is the danger in life versus the rescue. The two young people find themselves confronted by a strange reality war craze that is sweeping across America, and they decide to fight back by setting out to start a love wave A wave of love and wonder that they aim to spread across the national scene. The two young people decide to begin their journey by teaching the most warlike man in the country about the true nature of love, and wonder, and reality. ---- (2) "THE GIRL MADE OF COOL" -- The story of a young man and woman who are falling in love with each other, but the young lady doesn't know it. She doesn't see the reality of who he is; she doesn't feel that he's the "one" for her. Instead, she thinks that she's falling in love with the young man's far more handsome, more perfect friend. The story becomes about the battle between the two men to win her heart. And about how each of the three characters in the story has a hidden talent that emerges as they struggle. The young lady is a mystery beauty. . . . And a hidden 'her' begins to emerge that is far more lovely and charismatic than either man imagined. She becomes a lady made of love, and elusive cool. ---- (3) "THE BLUE SKY WORLD" -- A love story about a young college graduate who enters the business world and discovers that it's filled with con artists. With confidence people trying to take you into a modern age unreality where you are to be destroyed. As the young man deals with one confidence attack on his life after another, he slowly reveals that he's actually something special: a quiet, but brilliant systems thinker with an amazing head for business. The story follows his journey toward enlightenment and love in the business world. ---- (4) "THE STORYTELLING BOOK" -- Is an essay story that is a 'fight' book for storytellers, and a look at the underlying reality of storytelling. It's about 'how to tell a story' as theater. And how to use the inner principles of storytelling that are used by the great actors and actresses of theater and film.

THE GIRL MADE OF COOL (First Edition) -- Featuring a new novel and two other stories by Alan Fox. ---- Author ALAN FOX writes love stories, filled with a sense of awe and wonder, and set against a brutal world. "THE GIRL MADE OF COOL" is his vibrant new novel and the centerpiece of this collection. Here, Fox tells the story of a young man and woman who are falling in love with each other, but the young woman doesn't know it. She believes that she's falling in love with the man's far more handsome, more perfect friend. ... As the story unfolds and deepens, we see how these two highly talented young men must suffer, struggle, and wage battle to woo this young woman. This, as all the while, she grows into an ever greater beauty, a more charismatic personality, and an all-the-more alluring woman. ... This, as all the while, this young lady grows to become an elegant woman made of shining love and elusive cool. -- Also featured here in this collection, you will find: The Novel "HELL HAS BLUE SKIES" -- A love story about intense relationships in an office, whose unusual line of business is to train people to become 'world-class experts.' And the short story "THE LOVELY LADY AT THE LOVE MUSEUM" -- A colorful tale of romance and high-level maneuvering in the big city. ---- ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Alan Fox writes love stories about people looking for a sense of wonder in a brutal world, people pursuing beauty in the face of insanity. His previous novel, "The Seeker in Forever," is now available in a second revised edition.

PRESENTED HERE, is a fantastic human struggle and a stunning new work of literary fiction ... a groundbreaking new-generation tale -- epic, romantic, spectacular. "THE SEEKER IN FOREVER" tells the striking story of a young man and woman who emerge from a mysterious 'nowhere' to become something akin to 'superheroes, ' when they take on the American political establishment and the establishment world order. ... The two young outsiders arrive abruptly, to confront the most powerful man in America -- a political strongman who has gained more might than any man in history, and is about to take America on a startling course. ... The young people explode onto the fabric of the modern world, immediately sending disturbing ripples along the accepted orders of society. They bring the will-to-beauty, truth, love, and other such 'cosmic sins.' ... The giant opposing political strongman -- soon destined to take the helm of the American establishment as President -- realizes that he must destroy them, before they can start a 'Love Craze' that would sweep across the national scene and alter the world forever.