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Mega-cities ... and mega-city regions - 2: World - Giant cities, urban management and the global economy - Given that "the future of mega-cities is bound to a fragile equilibrium as to their capacity to resolve the contrasts between democracy and effectiveness, between social justice and good administration, between accelerated expansion and corresponding amenities, services and infrastructures" and that "the cause of underdevelopment is not lack of resources" but "the incapacity to become economically self-propulsive," ... "the direction to be taken remains that of turning major human settlements into global" cities where" the main function is that of an axis - That is, an area of connection with the global network" - Assuming that the "global cities become the wedge for their transference into megalopolises which then could become a step in the direction of Ecumenopolis ..."
Ekistics , 1998
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Part 1 - Reflections on Gottmann's thought (vol. 70, no. 418-419, January-April 2003) - Reflections on Gottmann's thought -- Introduction by the guest-editor
Ekistics , 2003
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Part 1 - Reflections on Gottmann's thought (vol. 70, no. 418-419, January-April 2003) - From Gottmann to Gottmann: Testing a geographical theory
Ekistics , 2003
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General Introduction - From the global network of megalopolises to the political partitioning of the world -- The guest editor's introductory statement
Ekistics , 2003
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General introduction - From the global network of megalopolises to the political partitioning of the world -- The guest editor's introductory statement
Ekistics , 2003
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General introduction - From the global network of megalopolises to the political partitioning of the world -- The guest editor's introductory statement
Ekistics , 2003
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Part 2 - From megalopolis to global cities -- Introduction by the guest-editor
Ekistics , 2003
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