Liveable cities : urbanising world / co-editors, Chris Gossop and Shi Nan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword One / Ismael Fernández Mejía -- Foreword Two / Qiu Baoxing -- Liveable Cities: Urbanising World An Introduction to the Review / Chris Gossop, Shi Nan -- Part 1. Countries and City Regions -- Making Indian Cities Liveable: the Challenges of India's Urban Transformation / Shipra Narang Suri -- The Urban Reform Agenda and the Struggle for Liveable Cities in Brazil / Edesio Fernandes -- The Netherlands in Transition The Planning of Low Carbon, Sustainable and Liveable Cities in the Utrecht Region / Martin Dubbeling -- WikicitY Open Planning for a Liveable Amsterdam 2004-2011 / Zef Hemel -- Part 2. Studies and Strategies -- Beyond Cities: Is an Urban Planet even Possible? / Jeremy Dawkins -- Towards a Liveable Urban Climate: Lessons from Stuttgart / Michael Hebbert, Brian Webb -- Strategies for Integrated Spatial Development along the European North-South Railway Link / Bernd Scholl -- The Contribution of Mobility to Liveable Cities / Pierre Laconte -- Linking People, Linking Nature: The Park Connector Network of Singapore / Lena Chan, Cheng Hai Sim, Meng Tong Yeo, Kartini Omar-Hor -- Skolkovo: City of the Future as a Russian Hi-Tech Hub / Fedor Kudryavtsev, Victoria Bannykh -- The London 2012 Olympic Park: Planning for a Sustainable Legacy / Dan Epstein, Jo Carris, Emily Moore, Judith Sykes -- Part 3. China Reports -- Planning the Ecological Spatial System of the Megacity of Wuhan / Liu Qizhi, He Mei, Wang Yun -- Local Governance of Low Carbon Cities: Is our Local Planning System Ready yet? / Stanley C. T. Yip -- Industrial Heritage as a Cultural Infrastructure / Dong Wei -- Devising an Adaptable Urban Shelter and Evacuation System in Disaster Situations / Su Jing-yu, Liu Chao-feng, Wang Wei -- A Study of Target Groups for Affordable Housing / Zhang Jie, Jiao Yang -- About the editors -- About the authors.