Welcome to the urban revolution: how cities are changing the world

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In "Welcome to the Urban Revolution", internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann turns traditional thinking about globalization on its head to show that the city isn't a backdrop to global change; it is a central driver of change - political, economic, social, and environmental. This powerful reappraisal of the global role of cities brilliantly synthesizes urban studies, economics, and sociology to show how cities create but can also help solve some of the 21st century's major challenges.;Preface -- Part 1: Urban Revolution -- Look again: a view from the expanding edge of the Global City -- Improbable life of an Urban Patch: deciphering the hidden logic of global urban growth -- Great migration: the rise of Homo Urbanis -- Anatomy of Urban Revolution: the inevitable democracy of the city -- Tyrant's demise: the irrepressible economics of Urban Association -- What we can learn from the way that migrants build their cities: buildings, city models, and Citysystems -- Part 2: City Adrift -- Final phase: Two billion new city dwellers in search of a New Urbanism -- Cities of crisis: sources of Global Vulnerability -- Great opportunities cities: stuck in negotiation -- Planet transformed: Urban Ecosystem or Global Dystopia? -- Part 3: Strategy For An Urban Planet -- Strategic City: from global burden to global solution -- Designing the Ecosystem: a new city rises on the Serra do Mar Plateau -- Building local culture: reclaiming the streets of Gracia District, Barcelona -- Governing the entrepreneurial city: local markets and the resurgence of Chicago -- Cocreating the Citysystem: toward a world of Urban Regimes -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Preface -- Part 1: Urban Revolution -- Look again: a view from the expanding edge of the Global City -- Improbable life of an Urban Patch: deciphering the hidden logic of global urban growth -- Great migration: the rise of Homo Urbanis -- Anatomy of Urban Revolution: the inevitable democracy of the city -- Tyrant's demise: the irrepressible economics of Urban Association -- What we can learn from the way that migrants build their cities: buildings, city models, and Citysystems -- Part 2: City Adrift -- Final phase: Two billion new city dwellers in search of a New Urbanism -- Cities of crisis: sources of Global Vulnerability -- Great opportunities cities: stuck in negotiation -- Planet transformed: Urban Ecosystem or Global Dystopia? -- Part 3: Strategy For An Urban Planet -- Strategic City: from global burden to global solution -- Designing the Ecosystem: a new city rises on the Serra do Mar Plateau -- Building local culture: reclaiming the streets of Gracia District, Barcelona -- Governing the entrepreneurial city: local markets and the resurgence of Chicago -- Cocreating the Citysystem: toward a world of Urban Regimes -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.