By 2007, the world will pass from being a mainly rural to a mainly urban population. Large cities, including mega cities with more than 10 million people, present key challenges relating to sustainable development and citizenship. Each title in this new geography series reveals reasons for the city's location and the structure of the population, and explores environmental issues such as transport, waste, pollution and wildlife, city economy, culture, leisure and tourism and look to the future.
Table of Contents
Contents Living in an urban world 8 Hisotry of new York 12 People of the city 16 Living in New York 22 The economy of the city 28 Managing the city 36 Getting around 40 Culture, Leisure and tourism 44 The city environment 50 The future of the city 56 Glossary 58 Further information 59 Index 60
Author Biography
Sally Garrington is a geographer and teacher whose teaching interests are geography, environmental science and travel and tourism. Her special interest is the USA where she often takes students on educational tours of the major cities and national parks.
