Description:
Focusing on 'megacities', conurbations with more than five million inhabitants, the contributors analyze their impact on the environment and identify solutions to the worst problems. They propose ways of making the management of megacities more sustainable.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews:
"This collection's 15 substantive chapters cover a range of issues from water quality and food security to social conflict, informal settlements, foreign direct investment, and e-governance. ... A work most suited to comprehensive collections. Summing Up ... Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students." (R. A. Beauregard, Choice, Vol. 51 (5), January, 2014)