Author: Andre Sorensen

For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present ma …

Over the last fifteen years local citizens’ movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management pro …

During the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world’s largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while Ja …

Over the last fifteen years local citizens” movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management pr …

Over the last fifteen years local citizens” movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management pr …

During the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world”s largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while J …

During the twentieth century, Japan was transformed from a poor, primarily rural country into one of the world”s largest industrial powers and most highly urbanised countries. Interestingly, while J …

While there has been much recent research into achieving sustainability in urban areas, most of this is specific to a particular region. This volume broadens these discussions by extending the analys …

While there has been much recent research into achieving sustainability in urban areas, most of this is specific to a particular region. This volume broadens these discussions by extending the analys …

Exploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and deba …