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020 _a9781844076963
040 _cCUS
082 _a338.9
_bHAB/S
245 0 _aState of the world's cities 2008/2009: Harmonious cities/
_cUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme.
260 _aLondon:
_bUN-HABITAT,
_c2008.
300 _axvi, 264 p.
_bcol. ill.;
_c28 cm.
505 _aThe spatial distribution of the world's cities -- Urban growth patterns -- Which cities are growing and why -- Shrinking cities -- Why urban inequality matters -- Urban inequalities: regional trends -- Education, employment and city size -- Slums: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Slum cities and cities with slums -- Urban environmental risks and burdens -- Cities and climate change -- Cities at risk from rising sea levels -- Energy consumption in cities -- Urban energy consumption at the household level -- Urban mobility -- Inclusive urban planning for harmonious urban development -- Building bridges: social capital and urban harmony -- Unifying the divided city -- Addressing rural-urban disparities for harmonious regional development -- Metropolitan governance: governing in a city of cities.
650 _aCities and towns.
650 _aUrban policy.
650 _aCities and towns -- Growth.
710 _aUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme.
942 _cWB16