Cities of Dragons and Elephants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities of Dragons and Elephants write by Guanghua Wan. This book was released on 2019-10-24. Cities of Dragons and Elephants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Urbanization is one of the most important phenomena in economic development. In the past three decades, Asian urban populations expanded by almost one billion, a figure expected to double in the next three decades. Clearly, both the scale and pace of urbanization in Asia is unprecedented in human history and will dominate the global urbanization landscape. Asia's urbanization, in turn, is dominated by what is happening in China and India, the two most populous, fastest growing economies in the world. Cities of Dragons and Elephants: Urbanization and Urban Development in China and India aims at addressing the two most fundamental issues of urbanization: why and where to urbanize. Contributed by a team of top experts from both countries, it uses original research to explore both the speed and scale of urbanization and urban systems or spatial distribution of urbanities in different-sized citites. It examines various drivers of urbanization alongside the benefits and costs and the role of markets, governments, and NGOs. Cities of Dragons and Elephants presents evidence-based policy suggestions regarding the labor market, the land and housing market, FDI and the capital market, education, environment, poverty, and inequality. It uses the similarities betwen India and China to draw conclusions and implications of enormous relevance to many governments and institutions in Asia and beyond.
Cities of Dragons and Elephants
Cities of Dragons and Elephants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities of Dragons and Elephants write by Matthew D. Adler. This book was released on 2019. Cities of Dragons and Elephants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a systematic and comparative study on urbanization and urban development in China and India. Contributed by a team of top experts from China and India, it contains original research papers that have not been published. The study aims at addressing two most fundamental issues of urbanization: why and where to urbanize. The first issue relates to the speed and scale of urbanization and the second issue relates to urban systems or spatial distribution of urbanites in different-sized cities. To answer these two questions, the book examines various drivers and compares the benefits and costs of urbanization from different perspectives, paying particular attention to the roles of markets, government and the society. This book presents evidence-based policy suggestions regarding labor market, land and housing market, FDI and capital market, education, environment, poverty and inequality, etc. The main conclusion from this study is: Asian countries like China and India will experience an urbanization path led by mega-cities. What the government can do is to improve liveability within cities and equalize life quality across cities. Given the similarities and differences of these two giants, it is anticipated that findings, conclusions and implications from this comparative analysis will be useful to other governments, institutions as well as researchers in Asia and beyond.
Urbanization in the Global South
Urbanization in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urbanization in the Global South write by Kala S Sridhar. This book was released on 2021-09-16. Urbanization in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the challenges of urbanization in the global south and the linkages between urbanization, economic development and urban poverty from the perspectives of cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It focuses on various aspects of urbanization ranging from food security and public services like sanitation, water and electricity to the finances of cities and externalities associated with the urbanization process. The volume also highlights the importance of participatory urban governance for cities in India with comparative perspectives from other countries. It further focuses on the urbanization of poverty, livelihood in urban areas, overconsumption and nutrition and ecology. Based on primary data, the chapters in the volume review trends, opportunities, challenges, governance and strategies of several countries at different levels of urbanization, with several case studies from India. This multidisciplinary volume will be of great interest to researchers and students of development studies, sociology, economics and urban planning and policy. It will also be useful for policymakers, think tanks and practitioners in the area of urbanization.
The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries
The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries write by James Joseph Walsh. This book was released on 1907. The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art
The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art write by Sara Kuehn. This book was released on 2011-07-12. The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world. The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.
