TY - BOOK ID - 510437 TI - Planet of cities PY - 2012 SN - 9781558442450 9781558442498 1558442456 PB - Cambridge, Mass. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy DB - UniCat KW - Environmental planning KW - Economic geography KW - Urbanization. KW - Cities and towns KW - Growth. KW - Urbanization KW - Growth, Urban KW - Sprawl, Urban KW - Urban development KW - Urban growth KW - Urban sprawl KW - Migration, Internal KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Cities and towns, Movement to KW - Urban systems KW - Social history KW - Sociology, Rural KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Urban policy KW - Rural-urban migration KW - Growth KW - 551.61 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:510437 AB - "In Planet of Cities, Shlomo Angel has produced a landmark study, one that combines an ambitious new history of global urban growth with a surprisingly simple and convincing set of policy recommendations. The book suggests that some planning policies that are widely accepted in the United States and Europe are likely to be counterproductive in the developing world. However, the implications of this study are much larger. This is a book that will upset some readers, particularly those with fixed ideas of how cities should look and work, but for others the sweeping scope and sometimes startling new conclusions will be exhilarating."--Publisher description. ER -