TY - BOOK ED - Programa de Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos TI - State of the world's cities: harmonious cities SN - 1844076962 AV - HT 101 S75.2008 PY - 2008/// CY - London, Sterling, VA : Earthscan, Nairobi, Kenya PB - UN-HABITAT KW - Cities and towns KW - Ciudades y pueblos KW - Growth KW - Statistics KW - Ciudades y pueblos - KW - Crecimiento - KW - Estadísticas KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Sociología urbana KW - Globalization KW - Globalización KW - Política urbana KW - Urban poor KW - Pobreza urbana N1 - Issued by: United Nations Human Settlements Programme; Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 249-259) e índice; The spatial distribution of the world's cities -- Urban growth patterns -- Which cities are growing and why -- Shrinking cities -- Why urban inequality matters -- Urban inequalities: regional trends -- Education, employment and city size -- Slums: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Slum cities and cities with slums -- Urban environmental risks and burdens -- Cities and climate change -- Cities at risk from rising sea levels -- Energy consumption in cities -- Urban energy consumption at the household level -- Urban mobility -- Inclusive urban planning for harmonious urban development -- Building bridges: social capital and urban harmony -- Unifying the divided city -- Addressing rural-urban disparities for harmonious regional development -- Metropolitan governance: governing in a city of cities ER -