| Description |
xxii, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Papers presented at the 13th International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, held in Washington, D.C., Sept. 1984. |
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"An ICUS book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Global and national context: Metropolis in its national and regional context / Dennis J. Dwyer -- Emerging metropolis in tropical Africa / Anthony O'Connor -- Toward megalopolis / Panayotis Psomopoulos -- pt. 2. Factors shaping the metropolis: Determinants of metropolis structure / John W. Dyckman -- Factors shaping the metropolis: land use, accessibility and transportation / William K. Mackay -- Who creates the built environment? / Anthony H. Penfold -- pt. 3. Metropolitan gigantism and its impact: How big should cities grow: the concept of optimal size and its relevance to spatial planning in developing countries / Ervin Y. Galantay -- Transformation dynamics in metropolitan systems / Ervin Laszlo -- Urban stress in the metropolis: psychobiological consequences / Jesus Martin Ramirez -- pt. 4. Western Europe: Western European metropolis: an overview / Klaus Müller-Ibold -- Decentralization: the lessons of the British new towns policy / Dudley Leaker -- A view from the Randstad / Adriaan Constandse -- Switzerland: a discontinuous and polycephalous metropolis / Michel Bassand -- pt. 5. Eastern Europe: Moscow: model socialist metropolis / Ervin Y. Galantay -- Warsaw: conservation and renewal / Krzysztof Pawlowski -- Metropolis in socialist countries: the case of Budapest / Ferenc Vidor -- Toward a new Belgrade / Milos Perovic -- pt. 6. North America: Where did all the metropolitanites go? / Hans Blumenfeld -- Urban settlement patterns in the North American metropolis / Rebecca Robertson -- Comments / Hans Blumenfeld -- San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose metropolitan region / Adam Krivatsy -- pt. 7. South America: Latin American metropolis / Dietrich Kunckel -- View from Mexico / Elias Gomez-Azcarante -- View from Brazil / Geraldo Nogueira Sa Batista -- pt. 8. Islamic countries: Metropolis in Islamic countries / Abdulaziz al-Saqqaf -- Cairo: a socio-political profile / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Islamic identity and the metropolis: conflict and continuity / Ervin Y. Galantay -- pt. 9. South and East Asia: Asian metropolis / Peter Andre Wyss -- Three Asian metropoli: Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing / Tao Ho -- South-East Asian metropolis: a viewpoint from Bangkok / Sumet Jumsai -- Metropolitan planning as an instrument of social stability in South-East Asia / Ervin Y. Galantay -- pt. 10. Paradigms for the future: A project for a marine metropolis for Japan / Kiyonori Kikutake -- Post-petroleum Hong Kong: state of the art as the art of the state / Ian Brown. |
| Subject |
Metropolitan areas -- Congresses.
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Metropolitan areas. |
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Regional planning -- Congresses.
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Regional planning. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Galantay, Ervin Y.
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International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (13th : 1984 : Washington, D.C.)
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| ISBN |
0892260440 |
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9780892260447 |
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