Cities and Mega-Cities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Frederic R. Siegel

   Pages 1-6

3. Foundations for a Land-Use Planning Project Determine Sustainability

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   Pages 7-14

4. Site Selection with Attention to Susceptibility to Natural and Human Caused Hazards

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   Pages 15-34

5. Strategic Planning for Urban Centers: Present and Future

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   Pages 35-52

6. Planning for Existing Polluting Industries and Parks Zoned for Industrial Development

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   Pages 53-63

7. Curtailing Agriculture Projects’ Practices That Can Harm Urban Food Security and Public Health

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   Pages 65-77

8. Master Plans to Meet Basic Public Health Needs for Projected Growth in Urban Populations

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   Pages 79-88

9. Economic, Human, and Natural, Resources to Support Changes that Improve the Quality of Life for Existing and Future Urban Dwellers

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   Pages 89-98

10. Planning for Contracting/Aging Populations: Societal and Economic Ramifications

    • Frederic R. Siegel

    Pages 99-111

11. Back Matter

    Pages 113-117

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This book discusses existing and future global problems of physical, chemical, biological and societal origins faced by increasingly populated cities and mega-cities, and options to mitigate or eliminate them. In nine chapters, the book focuses on rehabilitation and redevelopment projects aimed at converting shantytowns/slums into well serviced neighborhoods via secure housing, clean piped water, adequate access to sanitation, and other amenities for good living conditions. Examples of rehabilitation (restore capacity, structures, efficiency) and redevelopment (redesign, rebuild, attract investment) are addressed in detail, as are the sources of major financing to support such projects and proposals. The final chapters also discuss problems faced by countries with contracting populations, and their viable solutions. The book will be of interest to academics, city planners, land-use planners, NGOs, and designers /architects specializing in urban development and redevelopment.

• Mega-cities
• Urban rehabilitation
• Population growth
• Planning economics
• Demographic shifts
• Climate change
• Population health
• Living conditions
• Air pollution
• Flooding
• urban geography and urbanism
• air pollution and air quality

• George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  Frederic R. Siegel

Dr. Frederic R. Siegel is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University. His books Applied Geochemistry (1974), Geoquimica Aplicada (1991), Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards in Development Planning (1996), Environmental Geochemistry of Potentially Toxic Metals (2001/2002), Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning (2008), Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations (2015), and Mitigation of dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards (2016) reflect Dr. Siegel’s cumulative teaching and research experience in theoretical and applied exploration and environmental geochemistry, and his work to alleviate or eliminate environmental problems related to physical, social, chemical, and economic conditions associated with planned development projects.

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