Cities around the world : struggles and solutions to urban life

목차 (Table of Contents)

• [volume. vol.1]----------
• CONTENTS
• VOLUME I
• Preface = ix
• Acknowledgments = xi
• Introduction = xiii
• Employment and Jobs = 1
• Overview = 1
• Lagos, Nigeria: Government Reform Is Key to Job Creation = 6
• London, United Kingdom: Brexit, the Known Unknown = 12
• Mumbai, India: Exploring Employment Solutions in Temporary Jobs = 19
• New York City, United States: Economically and Environmentally Friendly = 24
• Paris, France: A Locomotive of Job Creation = 31
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Creating Jobs in the Post—Oil-Boom Era = 36
• San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States: A Stronger Local Government Is Key to Job Creation = 41
• Seattle, United States: Have Job, Going Homeless = 48
• Shenzhen, China: Struggle to Leave Shanzhai Behind = 52
• Stockholm, Sweden: Employers Stress Educational Credentials = 58
• Energy and Sustainability = 65
• Overview = 65
• Beijing, China: Battling Water Shortage = 70
• Copenhagen, Denmark: Striving to Be Carbon-Neutral by 2025 = 74
• Frankfurt, Germany: Protecting the City from Climate Changes = 79
• London, United Kingdom: Improving Mobility Can Save Energy = 86
• Melbourne, Australia: Toward a Greater Reliance on Alternative Energy = 92
• Mumbai, India: Providing Energy for a City of 21 Million = 97
• Pittsburgh, United States: Air Quality Is a Work in Progress = 106
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A City with a Passion for Conservation and Renewable Energy = 111
• Singapore City, Singapore: Go Solar! = 116
• Toronto, Canada: A City with a Passion for Energy Conservation = 120
• Green Spaces = 127
• Overview = 127
• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): Building a Greener City with a More Open Culture = 131
• Aguascalientes, Mexico: Returning Industrial Ruin to Green Space = 135
• Halifax, Canada: Near-Urban Wilderness Protection = 140
• Hong Kong, China: Adding Green Spaces to Densely Populated Neighborhoods = 147
• Moscow, Russia: Planting 1 Million Trees = 154
• New York City, United States: Pursuit of More Green = 159
• Paris, France: Returning to Nature = 164
• Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Building an Edible City = 169
• Tel Aviv, Israel: Community Gardening = 173
• Tokyo, Japan: Making the City More Livable = 178
• Housing and Infrastructure = 185
• Overview = 185
• Almaty, Kazakhstan: Housing Reform = 189
• Caracas, Venezuela: Will Informal Settlement Be Forever? = 195
• Chongqing, China: Chongqing's Ingenuity in Providing Public Housing for a City of 33 Million = 200
• Dandong, China: One Bridge, Two Islands = 206
• Detroit, United States: Housing and Infrastructure after the Auto Boom = 213
• Havana, Cuba: Facing Challenges of Housing and Infrastructure in Economic Transition = 220
• Munich, Germany: The Munich Wall = 226
• Sydney, Australia: Struggle for Affordable Housing = 233
• Touba, Senegal: A Spiritual Solution to Affordable Housing = 239
• Vienna, Austria: Making Access to Public Housing Equitable = 244
• Migration and Demographic Changes = 249
• Overview = 249
• Buenos Aires, Argentina: Impact of European Migration = 254
• Guangzhou, China: Foreign Communities Facing Challenges of Adaptation = 259
• Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Reaching for Demographic Dividend = 264
• Lima, Peru: Migration and Demographic Changes Driven by Climate Changes = 269
• London, United Kingdom: Facing the Challenges of Population Growth = 274
• Los Angeles, United States: A Dynamic Demographic Mix = 279
• Tehran, Iran: Toward a More Open and Tolerant Society = 283
• Tokyo, Japan: Sustainable Growth Calls for Immigration Reform = 289
• Vancouver, Canada: The Most Asian City in the Western World = 294
• Williamsport, United States: A Quiet Town in Deep Pennsylvania = 299
• Index = 305
• [volume. vol.2]----------
• CONTENTS
• VOLUME 2
• Pollution = 1
• Overview = 1
• Baku, Azerbaijan : A Tainted Reputation = 6
• Boston, United States : Cleaning Boston's Waterways—An Overview = 11
• Flint, United States : National and Local Politics in the Creation of a Public Health Emergency = 16
• Karachi, Pakistan : How Pollution Gets Out of Control = 23
• Krakow, Poland : Old Furniture, New Fuel Source = 28
• New Delhi, India : Success of Pollution Control Depends on Effective Collaboration = 33
• Rome, Italy : Reducing Spatial Segregation Contributes to Pollution Control = 39
• Sao Paulo, Brazil : Fighting the Deadly Air Pollution = 45
• Seoul, South Korea : When Every Citizen Takes It to Heart = 50
• Shiprock, United States : Radioactive from the Inside Out = 55
• Schools = 61
• Overview = 61
• Bamako, Mali : Private and Public Sectors of Education = 67
• Berlin, Germany : Making the City a Center of Learning = 72
• Boston, United States : A Model City of STEM Education = 78
• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : Investing in Higher Education for the Country's Future = 83
• Seoul, South Korea : "Education Fever" = 87
• Sydney, Australia : Making International Education a Thriving Sector of the Economy = 91
• Taipei, Taiwan : Taipei's K-12 Education and Special Education = 96
• Tokyo, Japan : The Yillori Educational Reforms = 100
• Vologda, Russia : Education in the Russian Federation—A City's Solutions = 105
• Xi'an, China : Where China's Private Education Debuts = 111
• Traffic and Transportation = 119
• Overview = 119
• Beijing, China : Beijing's War on Traffic Congestion = 124
• Casablanca, Morocco : Will a Change in Lunch Habit Improve the Town's Traffic? = 130
• Istanbul, Turkey : Building More Tunnels and Bridges Won't Make Congestion Go Away = 134
• Kolkata, India : When More People Drive Their Own Cars = 140
• Mexico City, Mexico : Improving Governance Is Key to Solving Traffic Challenges = 145
• New York City, United States : The New York Subway = 150
• Osaka, Japan : Attracting Private Investments to Public Transportation = 154
• Saint Petersburg, Russia : Swamped with Traffic = 160
• Stuttgart, Germany : A City with the Best Mass Transit = 165
• Zurich, Switzerland : Improving Traffic and Transportation through All Possible Venues = 170
• Violence, Corruption, and Organized Crime = 177
• Overview = 177
• Aleppo, Syria : Drought, Global Warming, and Civil War = 182
• Baghdad, Iraq : Restitching a Torn Society Isn't Easy = 187
• Beijing, China : Tight Surveillance and Harsh Punishment = 193
• Brussels, Belgium : Facing Safety Challenges in the 21st Century = 197
• Chicago, United States : Stop the Crimes before They Spread = 202
• Kabul, Afghanistan : What Went Wrong? = 207
• Mexico City, Mexico : Crime, Corruption, and Violence Have Deep Roots = 213
• Seoul, South Korea : The Continuing Public Fight for Democracy = 220
• Sicily, Italy : Fighting Organized Crime in the New Era = 226
• Tokyo, Japan : Violence, Corruption, and Organized Crime = 230
• Waste Management = 237
• Overview = 237
• Baghdad, Iraq : Hauling Garbage in Hell on Earth = 241
• Cairo, Egypt : The Zabaleen = 246
• Calgary, Canada : Waste Management Is a National Effort and Calgary's Priority = 251
• Dakar, Senegal : Peri-Urban/Urban Agriculture and Urban Waste Management = 257
• Delhi, India : Current Problems and Opportunities for the Future of the National Capital Territory = 262
• Kobe, Japan : The Cleanest City in the World = 267
• Naples, Italy : Coping with a Rubbish Crisis = 272
• Oslo, Norway : Prevention and Reduction, What Makes Oslo Clean = 276
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti : Challenges of Waste Management under Poor Governance = 281
• San Francisco, United States : Becoming a "Zero-Waste City" = 288
• Singapore City, Singapore : Managing Food Waste = 293
• Selected Bibliography = 299
• About the Editor and Contributors = 309
• Index = 315