World Cities: Achieving Liveability And Vibrancy

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Balancing growth and sustainability for world cities.

This book would be a great read for urban planners, policymakers, and researchers looking to understand the challenges faced by world cities and how to balance the need for economic growth with sustainability. With case studies from cities around the world, the book offers valuable insights and perspectives from top professionals and policymakers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

World Cities: Achieving Liveability And Vibrancy

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ISBN: 9789814280716
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM270.67 MYR
Authors: Giokling Ooi
Date of Publication: 2009-08-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Economics, Sociology
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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.
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Balancing growth and sustainability for world cities.

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