Handbook of megacities and megacity-regions / edited by Danielle Labbé, André Sorensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Labbé, Danielle, 1977- editor.

Sorensen, André, 1960- editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in urban studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

"Exploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debates from leading scholars in the field. Highlighting major current challenges and dimensions of megaurbanization, chapters form a thematic focus on governance, planning, history, and environmental and social issues, supported by case studies from every continent. Analysing vital questions for contemporary urban research, this Handbook looks at: what place megacities and megacity-regions occupy in a world of cities; how they interrogate current thinking about urban society, theory and policy; and what role these largest of urban areas will play in shaping humanity's future. Key contributions reveal that research needs to further focus a critical and analytical lens on the particularities and distinctive issues associated with megaurbanization. A timely and essential read for urban studies, urban geography and public policy students, the interdisciplinary nature of this Handbook provides a thorough view into the features and importance of megacities and megacity-regions. Public policy-makers and planners will also benefit from the wide-ranging case studies included"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1 megacities, megacity-regions, and the endgame of urbanization / André Sorensen and Danielle Labbé

Part I: The conceptual challenges of megacities

2 thinking about mega-conurbations and planning / John Friedmann

3 city limits: Bounding and unbounding in conceptualizing the megacity / Michael Leaf

4 urbanization and developmental pathways: Critical junctures of urban transition / André Sorensen

5 el monstruo: Reflections on catastrophic metaphors about Mexico city / Julie-Anne Boudreau and Felipe de Alba

Part II: Mega-urban governance

6 urban governance of megacities: Searching for the collective actor / Christian Lefèvre

7 powerful states, weak states: Understanding coercion and neglect in the governance of marcos-era manila / Nancy Kwak

8 actors and shifting scales of urban governance in India / Loraine Kennedy

9 the incomplete and paradoxical 'neoliberal turn' in mumbai / Marie-Hélène Zérah

10 nurturing neighbourhoods to sustain quality of life in megacities and large city regions: An interdisciplinary reflection on planning for sustainable and socially just cities from chile / Lake Sagaris, María Inés Arribas, María Inés Solimano, Sonia Reyes-Paecke and Juan Carlos Muñoz

Part III: Mega-urban patterns, forms and planning approaches

11 urban containment policies for megacities: The case of beijing / Haoying Han

12 east asian megacities: The view from the periphery / Douglas Webster and Jianyi Li

13 on the road again: The geography and characteristics of American commuter megaregions / Alasdair Rae and Garrett Dash Nelson

14 the West African corridor from abidjan to lagos: A megacity-region under construction / Armelle Choplin and Alice Hertzog

15 cities: Growing threats, growing opportunities / Daniel Hoornweg and Kevin Pope

Part IV: Mega-urban life spaces and liveability

16 navigating the extensiveness of jakarta / AbdouMaliq Simone

17 poverty in a wealthy megacity: Stories from tokyo's alleys after the bubble burst / Heide Imai

18 flooding as emotional politics in the Mexican megacity-region / Felipe de Alba

Part V: Mega-urban environmental challenges

19 measuring progress toward sustainable megacities / Iain D. Stewart, Chris A. Kennedy and Angelo Facchini

20 megacities at risk: The climate-energy conundrum / William E. Rees

21 future megacity-regions and heatwave exposure / Peter J. Marcotullio, Carsten Keßler and Balázs M. Fekete

22 megacity in the delta: Managing water in jakarta / Christopher Silver

Part VI: Mega-urban economics, real estate and property

23 rethinking megacity-region development: The land-infrastructure- finance nexus as political project / Gavin Shatkin

24 the process of metropolization in megacity-regions / Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers

25 the emergence and economic restructuring of two global super megacity-regions in China: Comparing the pearl river and yangtze river deltas / Anthony G. O. Yeh, Xingjian Liu, Jili Xu and Mengdi Wu

26 the financialization of real estate in megacities and its variegated trajectories in east asia / Natacha Aveline-Dubach

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78897-270-8