Description
Book SynopsisA thought-provoking look at the demands and expectations we place on our growing cities in the twenty-first century. An excellent introduction to the subject for young adults.
Today, more people live in cities than in rural areas. The search for better housing, transit, economic opportunity, and security within neighbourhoods forces today''s city-dwellers -- in both the developed world and in megacities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America -- to confront what it means to live in our urban world.
In this book, cities specialist John Lorinc considers the enormous implications of the mass migration away from rural regions, and predicts that solutions will emerge from neighbourhoods and dynamic networks linking communities to governments and the broader urban world.
[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generati
Trade Review
Cities maintains the high standard set by the previous titles in the Groundwork Guides series...a source of current and readily accessible information, and school libraries should seriously consider buying more than one copy for its circulating collection...Highly Recommended. * CM Magazine *
Citie provides an impressive quantity of information in a clear, direct prose style and balances facts with interesting, more anectodal material on topics... -- Suzanne James * Canadian Literature *
