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020			_a9781786344267 (hc : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aHT361 _b.R57 2017
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245	0	4	_aThe rise of megacities : _bchallenges, opportunities and unique characteristics / _cedited by Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna Anna Nawrot.
260			_aLondon ; _aHackensack : _bWorld Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, _cc2018.
300			_axxi, 458 pages ; _billustrations : _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe complexity of and challenges in the emergence of megacities -- The rise of megacities : an empirical overview of the demographic changes in the world economy and an introduction to an integral theory of megacities / Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A. Nawrot -- Megacities : devastation of the public sphere / Jerzy Kleer -- From metropolis to megacity / Piotr Korcelli and Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak -- Governance of megacities : selected aspects of international experience / Tadeusz Markowski -- Development patterns of megacities and their future / Zygmunt Ziobrowski -- Threats and challenges posed by the rise of megacities / Konrad Prandecki, Wojciech Kazanecki and Sylwia Smietanko -- Megacities and threats to human health / Agata Penconek -- The impact of megacities on human nature / Maria Szyszkowska -- Opportunities in the development of megacities : regional, national and multidisciplinary perspectives -- Rural-urban migration, urbanization and megacities in China / Feng Wengmeng -- Megacities in India : where are the opportunities? / Gaurang Rami And Yogesh N. Vansiya -- African megacities as emerging innovation ecosystems / Katarzyna A. Nawrot, Calestous Juma and James Donald -- A smart future for energy in megacities / Jessen Page -- What future lies ahead for megacities in Europe? / Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A. Nawrot -- Case studies of selected megacities -- Tokyo and Delhi : a comparative analysis of Asian megacities / Katarzyna A. Nawrot -- Shanghai : the first megalopolis on the globe? / Bogdan Góralczyk -- Mexico City : an antithesis of sustainable development? / Urszula Zulawska and Elzbieta Zulawska-Sobczyk -- Dhaka : the perils and promises of an Asian megacity / Adnan Morshed -- Lagos : directions of development of Nigerian metropolis in the first decades of the 21st century / Malwina Bakalarska -- New York : a city of progress / Bohdan Szklarski and Piotr Szyja -- Epilogue -- In lieu of a conclusion: megacities : boon or bane? / Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A. Nawrot.
520			_aMegacities of over 10 million inhabitants are unique entities in their own right, both challenging and supporting the policies, governance and cohesion of states.
526			_aAAL
650		0	_aUrbanization. _926129
650		0	_aCities and towns. _926130
700	1		_aKleer, Jerzy, _926131
700	1		_aAnna Nawrot, Katarzyna, _926132
852			_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
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