Mega Cities Mega Challenge
Informal Dynamics of Global Change Insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh and Pearl River Delta, China
1st Edition
Published on 26. May 2020
227 pages
978-3-443-01108-6 (ISBN)
Description
Megacities are gaining importance as hubs of globalisation processes in a world increasingly dominated by cities. A deeper understanding of the multiple causes and drivers of their development is needed in order to shape the global urban transformation towards sustainability. The interdisciplinary research programme ?Megacities ? Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change? aimed at understanding the connections between informal mega-urban processes and global change by investigating the situation in the two mega-urban areas of the Pearl River Delta/China and Dhaka/Bangladesh. The research focused on processes and interactions in four fields with high development dynamics and social relevance: new forms of governance and self-organisation, differentiation of urban economies, dynamics of matter and resource flows, and informal settlement development.
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Frauke Kraas | Kirsten Hackenbroch | Harald Sterly
Mega Cities Mega Challenge
Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh and Pearl River Delta, China
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Introduction to the SSP
- 2 Megacities
- 2.1 Global Megacity Dynamics
- 2.2 Dhaka: A Rapidly Expanding and Economically Dynamic Agglomeration
- 2.3 The Pearl River Delta: a Poly-Nodal Mega-Urban Region
- 3 Research
- 3.1 Governance Processes
- 3.2 Migration and Migrants in the City
- 3.3 Rising Economies
- 3.4 Megaurban Risks and Vulnerabilities
- 3.5 Public Health and Urban Environments
- 3.6 Global Change
- 3.7 Informality
- 4 Pathways
- 4.1 Coordinating the Research Programme
- 4.2 Research Partners
- 4.3 Methodological Challenges
- 4.4 Interdisciplinarity
- 5 Reflections and Outlook
- 5.1 Objectives and Outcomes of the Research Programme
- 5.2 Reflections on the Research Process
- 5.3 Reflections on the Science-Practice/Policy Interface
- 5.4 Outlook
- 6 Follow up
- 6.1 References
- 6.2 List of Members
- 6.3 Editors and Authors
