Urbanization, population, environment, and security
Subtitle: a report of the Comparative Urban Studies Project
By: edited by Christina Rosan, Blair A. Ruble, Joseph S. Tulchin.
Contributors: Rosan, Christina.; Ruble, Blair A., 1949-; Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Comparative Urban Studies Project.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Urban policy -- Cross-cultural studies; Urbanization -- Cross-cultural studies; Crime -- Cross-cultural studies; Law enforcement -- Cross-cultural studies; Urban ecology -- Cross-cultural studies; Social conflict -- Cross-cultural studies; Violence -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "This paper is composed of papers, policy briefs, and discussions that outline some of the basic challenges facing the world's cities"--P.4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Institutional weakness, organized crime, and the international arms trade / Blair A. Ruble; title: Water for big cities: big problems, easy solutions? / Peter Rogers, Hynd Bouhia, John Kalbermaten; title: Cities and security: toward a framework for assessing urban risk / H.V. Savitch; title: Migration, urbanization, and social adjustment / Michael J. White; title: Formulating public policies to deal with natural disasters / Joseph S. Tulchin; title: Population, urbanization, environment and security: a summary of the issues / Ellen M. Brennan; title: Environmental and social stress factors, governance, and small arms availability: the potential for conflict in urban areas / Michael Renner; title: Urbanization and security / Alan Gilbert.