Book notes
The size of this book is a testament to the significance of remittances, which totalled approx. US$ 583 billion in 2014. The editors explain the aims of this book thus:
Quality of Life in Cities is particularly useful for economists and statisticians, as it is interested more in ways to measure urban quality of life than in the theory or grounded reality of variations in quality of life.
The UK Department for International Development, which recently established a Frontier Technologies Livestreaming initiative, commissioned this report. It examines five categories, comprising two technologies each:
This stakeholder guide – intended for city leaders, local practitioners, and local policymakers – provides suggestions for localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in cities.
The shopping mall has proven to be an unsustainable and declining form of consumption across the US and Europe. Yet Latin America has seen rapid construction of malls in recent years, as part of a boom in real estate investment and speculation catering to the growing middle class.
The magnitude of urban disasters in areas with high population densities – combined with complex social, political, economic and institutional environments – has challenged the manner in which humanitarian agencies are used to working.
This anthology emerged from the 2014 Ørecomm Festival of communication and development. The book is an attempt to bolster the field of communication for development, particularly its theoretical underpinnings (or ComDev). It has three distinct sections:
The magnitude of urban disasters, high population densities, and a complex social, political and institutional environment have challenged the manner in which humanitarian agencies are used to working. Humanitarian agencies are now grappling with how to change their approaches to this reality.
Traditionally, the humanitarian sector has responded to emergencies in rural contexts; however, an increasing number of urban crises has necessitated a re-evaluation of standard procedures.