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OverviewThe twentieth century has seen as increase in the globe's human population from approximately 1.6 billion in 1900 to about 5 billion in 1987. Accompanying this event has been a considerable growth in the population of the world's largest cities. In The Dynamics of Cities the author addresses fundamental issues in population growth and decline and develops a macrodynamic theory of the interdependent evolution of the world's mega-cities. Dimitrios Dendrinos, an expert in the application of non-linear dynamics and chaos theory to the subject of urban and regional dynamics, focuses here on urban population and per capita income dynamics, linking these to the recently developed theory of chaos. He approaches the topic of urban growth and decline in a global system perspective, viewing the rise and fall of cities, industries and nations as the result of global interdependencies which lead to unstable dynamics and widespread dualisms. Drawing on specific empirical evidence on the growth and decline of the world's largest cities over the past 30 years he considers possible futures open to the giant cities of the world. The Dynamics of Cities provides new insights into the evolution of human settlements, suggesting that growth and decline of present-day urban agglomerations, as well as the cities of the past, have been guided by simple, general and powerful macrodynamic processes. The author concludes that instability is the central ingedient of urban evolution on the global scale and that the future of the world's largest cities, particularly those in the Third World, is bleak. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dimitrios DendrinosPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.566kg ISBN: 9780415077217ISBN 10: 0415077214 Pages: 414 Publication Date: 01 October 1992 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews`... it contains a wealth of messages ... a very rich source of information for geography and economics alike.' - Tijdschrift voor Economie en Social Geographie Author InformationDimitrios Dendrinos Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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