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Cover -- Urban Development 2120 -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Predicting the Future -- Chapter 2: Greening and Global Warming Response -- Chapter 3: Population Expansion -- Chapter 4: Urban Planning -- Chapter 5: Move to Urban Environments -- Chapter 6: Government Planning Response -- Chapter 7: Biological Risk Assessment -- Chapter 8: Disaster Response Mechanisms -- Chapter 9: Legal Framework -- Chapter 10: Road Maps -- Chapter 11: Designer Cities -- Chapter 12: Financing -- Chapter 13: Enforcement -- Chapter 14: Political Ramifications -- Chapter 15: Planet Earth -- About the Author -- Index -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Global Integration, Regional Development, and the Dynamics of Urbanization: An Introduction -- Part I Global Systems and the New Dynamics -- Finance, Financial Regulation, and Economic Development: An International Perspective -- Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Urbanization in Developing Countries -- Global Environmental Imperatives and Institutions to Ensure Sustainability -- Part II East Asia and Globalization -- The Greater China Growth Triangle in the Asian Financial Crisis -- Regional Development Policies in Brazil, China, and Indonesia -- The Impact of Globalization on China's Economy -- Globalization and Urbanization in the Republic of Korea -- Cities and Governments -- Urban Governance and Politics in a Global Context: The Growing Importance of Localities -- Crime As a Social Cost of Poverty and Inequality: A Review Focusing on Developing Countries -- Urban Poverty: Some Thoughts About its Scale and Nature and About Responses to It -- Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Age of Globalization in Pacific Asia -- Financing of Subnational Public Investment in India -- Analysis of Spatial Organization and Transportation Demand in an Expanding Urban Area: Sendai, Japan, 1972Ò 92.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editors Biography -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Balanced Urban Development: Is It a Myth or Reality? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Makes a City Liveable? -- 1.3 Urbanisation is Inevitable -- 1.4 The Role of Water in Peri-Urban Landscapes -- 1.5 Key Challenges of Sustaining Future Urban Areas -- 1.5.1 Knowledge and Capacity Building Actions for Future Cities -- 1.6 The Process of Balanced Urban Development -- 1.7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II: Peri-Urbansation -- Chapter 2: Re-Ruralising the Urban Edge: Lessons from Europe, USA & -- the Global South -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Four Ways to Revive Sydney's Peri-Urban Agriculture -- 2.3 Lessons from the Global South -- 2.4 Lessons from the Shrinking Cities -- 2.5 The Value of Temporary Uses -- 2.5.1 Temporary Use as a Strategy for Urban-Rural Reimagining -- 2.5.1.1 Cultural Sensitivity and Shared Vision -- 2.5.1.2 Identifying Shared Values and Needs -- 2.5.1.3 Identifying Enabling Infrastructure -- 2.5.2 Temporary Urbanism in the Peri-urban Riverlands of Western Sydney -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Nimbyism and Nature: Whose Backyard Is It Anyway? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Benefits of Bushland -- 3.3 The Disbenefit of Bushland -- 3.4 The Flying Fox -- 3.5 Ku-Ring-Gai Flying Fox Management -- 3.6 Learning from the Experience of Other Land Managers -- 3.7 Viable Management Options for the Ku-Ring-Gai Flying Fox Reserve -- 3.7.1 Council Management Actions -- 3.7.2 Encouraging the Community to Adapt -- 3.8 Discussion -- 3.9 Lessons Learnt -- References -- Chapter 4: Connecting Urban and Rural Futures Through Rural Design -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Rural Design -- 4.3 Rural Design for Urban Agriculture -- 4.4 Case Studies of Rural Design -- 4.5 Concluding Remarks -- References.