Beyond Metropolis: The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-urban Regions.HT147 2004-030993 0-8018-8176-5 Beyond metropolis; the planning and governance of Asia's mega-urban regions. Laquian, Aprodicio A. Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. U. Press, [c]2005 488 p. $58.00 Viewing the urbanization and growth of very large cities as inevitable, irreversible, and indeed beneficial, Laquian (emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. : community and regional planning regional planning: see city planning. , U. of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography ) argues that planning efforts for developing and managing very large human settlements need to start with the urban built environment and the ways in which it affects the urban core and its hinterland. On this foundation, he analyzes the planning and governance of Asia's mega-urban regions, not individually, but as a whole. His topics include governance, water resources, mobility, the urban periphery, and housing and basic urban services. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion