Sustainable Urbanism In Developing Countries
Uday Chatterjee / Arindam Biswas / Jenia Mukherjee / Dinabandhu Mahata
u003cpu003eThe mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanisation associated with social and environmental problems in the developing countries. u003cbu003eSustainable Urbanism in Developing Countriesu003c/bu003e discusses the linkage between urbanism and sustainability and how sustainable urbanism can be implemented ...
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u003cpu003eThe mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanisation associated with social and environmental problems in the developing countries. u003cbu003eSustainable Urbanism in Developing Countriesu003c/bu003e discusses the linkage between urbanism and sustainability and how sustainable urbanism can be implemented to overcome the problems of housing and living conditions in urban areas. Through case studies from India, Indonesia, China, etc., using advanced GIS techniques, this book analyses several planning and design criteria to solve the physical, social, and economic problems of urbanisation and refers to urban planning as an effective measure to protect and promote the cultural characteristics of specific locations in these developing countries.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eFEATURESu003c/pu003eu003culu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e u003cliu003eInvestigates an interdisciplinary approach to urbanism, including urban ecology, ecosystem services, sustainable landscapes, and advanced geographical systemsu003c/liu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e u003cliu003eAnalyses unique case studies of rapid urbanisation from a local to a national scale in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia and their global impactu003c/liu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e u003cliu003eExamines the use of GIS and spatial statistics in analysing urban sprawl and the massive amount of data gathered by every operational activity of municipalitiesu003c/liu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e u003cliu003eFocuses on the holistic perspective of sustainable urbanism and the harmony in the human-nature relationship to achieve sustainable developmentu003c/liu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e u003cliu003eCovers a wide range of issues manifested in urban areas with economic, societal, and environmental implications contributed by leading scholars from the Global Southu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e
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