World Cities, City Worlds is about how we make sense of cities, those extraordinary places where half the world’s population now lives. It explores ways of se

When living and working in cities, we need to make sense of them in order to get by. We must delve below their surface to understand what makes them tick and ho

The World’s Cities offers instructors and students in higher education an accessible introduction to the three major perspectives influencing city-regions wor

One billion people worldwide live in slums and that figure is predicted to reach 2 billion by 2030. This new volume from UN-HABITAT unpacks the complex social a

The city is the home of prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also w