Urban Development

Polyzos, Serafeim

Urban Development

Abstract: Cities are growing as never before and nowadays, it is estimated that at least 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas. This trend is expected to continue and simultaneously the problems in urban areas are anticipated to have an increase. Urbanization constitutes a complex process involving problems with social, economic, environmental and spatial dimensions that need appropriate solutions. This book highlights some of these problems and discusses possible solutions in terms of organisation, planning and management. The purpose of the book is to present selected chapters, of great importance for understanding the urban development issues, written by renowned authors in this scientific field. All the chapters have been thoroughly reviewed and they cover some basic aspects concerning urban sustainability, urban sprawl, urban planning, urban environment, housing and land uses. The editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr Marius Minea in reviewing two chapters.

JEL-codes: O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-953-51-0442-1
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Chapters in this book:

A CA-Based Model for City Traffic Including Bicycles: Jelena Vasic and Heather Ruskin
An Evaluation of Distribution and Quantity of Parks in Istanbul: Yildiz Aksoy
Assessing Hydrological Elements as Key Issue for Urban Development in Arid Regions: Mohamed Tahir Hussein and Faisal Zaidi
Bricolage Planning: Understanding Planning in a Fragmented City: Jacques Teller and Jihad Farah
Cooperative Development and Land Use Planning Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quest for Socio Solidarity Economy and Partnership in Sustainable Urban Development: Wakuru Magigi
Digital Amenities of a Smart City: Uk Kim
Emerging Technologies for Urban Traffic Management: Juan Antonio Guerrero-Ibanez, Carlos Flores-Cortes, Pedro Damian Reyes, Maria Andrade Arechiga and Jorge Rafael Gutierrez Pulido
Istanbul's Backbone - A Chain of Central Business Districts (CBDs): Martin Seger
Leidsche Rijn: Balancing the Compact City with the Randstad Motorway Network: Frank Van Der Hoeven
Rainwater Harvesting in Large Residential Buildings in Australia: Ataur Rahman, Erhan Eroksuz, Joseph Dbais, Khaled Haddad and Mazharul Islam
Reappraising Urban Planning and Urban Sustainability in East Africa: Shuaib Lwasa and Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga
The Evolution and Spatial Dynamics of Coastal Cities in Greece: Serafeim Polyzos
The Impact of Different Urban Housing Patterns on the Sustainable Urban Development of a Historic City, Bursa/Turkey: Arzu Ispalar Cahantimur
Two Ways of New Towns Development: A Tale of Two Cities: Raquel Insa-Ciriza

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DOI: 10.5772/1413

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