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Welcome to the urban revolution : how cities are changing the world / Jeb Brugmann. by Brugmann, Jeb, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Look again : a view from the expanding edge of the global city -- The improbable life of an urban patc : deciphering the hidden logic of global urban growth -- The great migration : the rise of homo urbanis -- Anatomy of urban revolution : the inevitable democracy of the city -- The tyrants' demise : the irrepressible economics of urban association -- What we can learn from the way that migrants build their cities : buildings, city models, and citysystems -- The 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 -- A planet transformed : urban ecosystem or global dystopia? …”