Megacities : Our Global Urban Future - Kraas, Frauke; Aggarwal, Surinder; Coy, Martin; Mertins, Günter.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Preface -- Megacities and Global Change -- Megacities and Climate Change: Early Adapters, Mainstream Adapters, and Capacities -- Underground cities -- Water quality and socio-ecological vulnerability regarding urban development in selected case studies of megacity Guangzhou, China -- Rice for the Megacity. Dhaka's food supply between global risks and local vulnerabilities -- Land development strategies in megacities: Guiding land use and land rights in the context of urban sprawl and informality -- The influence of foreign direct investment on land use changes and regional planning in developing- World megacities: a Bangalore case study -- Inner-city development in megacities between degradation and renewal. The case of Sao Paulo case study -- Agile Firm Organisation and Upgrading in the Greater Pearl River Delta -- Linking Global Change, National Development Goals, Urbanization and International Migration in China: The Example of African Migrants in Guangzhou and Foshan -- "Phobopolis": Violence, fear and socio-political fragmentation of the space in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Dar es Salaam, megacity of tomorrow - informal urban expansion and the provision of technical infrastructure -- Bus Rapid Transit: the answer to transport problems in megacities? The example of TransMilenio (Bogotá / Colombia) -- Governance in Megacities: Experiences, Challenges, and Implications for International Cooperation -- Managing the Metropolis - Planning in New York City -- E-Governance Initiatives in India; Case Studies from Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Keywords: Regional planning; Urban planning; Geophysics; Sustainable development; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Sustainable Development