Urban risk and wellbeing in Asian mega cities : urban lower and middle classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo / edited by Tamaki Endo and Momoyo Shibuya.
"Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and wellbeing vary across social classes and cities. Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provid...
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| Hōputu: | iPukapuka |
| Reo: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2023.
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| Urunga tuihono: | Click here to view this book |
| Whakarāpopototanga: | "Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and wellbeing vary across social classes and cities. Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provide a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban wellbeing. It explores the characteristics and complexities of urban wellbeing of lower and middle classes in Asian megacities. The book explains that social setting and socioeconomic condition of individuals and households play critical role in urban wellbeing. It offers insights on the vulnerabilities and resilience of urban populations and the intertwined dynamics of social networks and what they mean for individual wellbeing. A useful reference for students, researchers and academics in urban studies, Asian studies or development studies"-- |
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| Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | 1 online resource (cm) |
| Rārangi puna kōrero: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1000854965 9781000854961 |