Humanities & Social Sciences
Atlas of the Urban Worlds
by Éric Verdeil, Atelier de cartographie de Sciences Po
Description
Today, seventy percent of the world’s population live in cities. What are the realities behind this acceleration of urban densification? Gigantic megalopolises are developing, rural spaces are disappearing, buildings are spreading out and reaching up at the same time, new forms of segregation and inequality are appearing, etc. A clear sign of the beginning of the Anthropocene, urban densification is warming the planet, destroying biodiversity, and increasing our vulnerability to climate change.
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This Atlas provides a stark vision of the multiple facets of our urbanized world as it is today, and as it will be tomorrow
Author Biography
Eric Verdeil is a university professor and specialist of urban geography. He is a researcher with the CERI and also the scientific director of the Master in Territorial and Urban Strategy at Sciences Po. Thomas Ansart, Benoît Martin, Patrice Mitrano and Antoine Rio are cartographers with the Atelier de cartographie de Sciences Po.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Presses de Sciences Po
- Publication Date October 2020
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- ISBN/Identifier 9782724626100
- Publication Country or regionFrance
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 25 EUR
- Pages144
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleAtlas des mondes urbains
- Original Language Authorsfre
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions24 x 21 cm
- Illustration+100 colour maps and infographics
- SeriesAtlas
