Investigative analysis of urban systems

Abstract

"Despite the growing recognition of the seriousness of urban environmental problems and their contributions to global environmental and social concerns, most people continue to study parts of cities rather than the wholes. Some study sectoral sub-systems such as transport, water pollution or housing. Others study neighbourhoods, such as particular slum communities. While specialisation is useful for detailed thinking, we need to see each urban issue in the context of how each city 'works' environmentally, economically, socially and politically. We need to take integrative approaches to the study of cities, and to understand how they function as systems." - page 1 Show more