how cities are changing the world Brugmann, Jeb 1957- creator text bibliography nyu New York Bloomsbury Press 2009 1st U.S. ed. monographic eng

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x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Look again : a view from the expanding edge of the global city -- The improbable life of an urban patch : deciphering the hidden logic of global urban growth -- The great migration : the rise of homo urbanis -- Anatomy of urban revolution : the inevitable democracy of the city -- The tyrants' demise : the irrepressible economics of urban association -- What we can learn from the way that migrants build their cities : buildings, city models, and citysystems -- The final phase : two billion new city dwellers in search of a new urbanism -- Cities of crisis : sources of global vulnerability -- Great opportunities cities : stuck in negotiation -- A planet transformed : urban ecosystem or global dystopia? -- The strategic city : from global burden to global solution -- Designing the ecosystem : a new city rises on the Serra do Mar plateau -- Building local culture : reclaiming the streets of Gràcia District, Barcelona -- Governing the entrepreneurial city : local markets and the resurgence of Chicago -- Cocreating the citysystem : toward a world of urban regimes. Jeb Brugmann. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-330) and index. Urbanización Desarrollo urbano Ciudades y pueblos Crecimiento Política urbana Urbanismo HT 361 B891w 2009 307.1/16 9781596915664 (alk. paper) 1596915668 (alk. paper) 2008046952 DLC 081104 20240724101004.0 15510285 eng