Cities in Transition: Growth, Change and Governance in Six Metropolitan Areas

by Rao Nirmala and Nirmala Rao

This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government.

Population expansion, the migration of new peoples and disparities between cities and suburbs are longstanding features of the urban crisis. Today, city governments also face demands for popular participation and better public services while they struggle to position themselves in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415329019
• ISBN13: 9780415329019
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"