TY - BOOK ED - United Nations Human Settlements Programme. TI - State of the world's cities 2008/2009: Harmonious cities SN - 9781844076963 U1 - 338.9 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - UN-HABITAT KW - Cities and towns KW - Urban policy KW - Cities and towns -- Growth N1 - The spatial distribution of the world's cities -- Urban growth patterns -- Which cities are growing and why -- Shrinking cities -- Why urban inequality matters -- Urban inequalities: regional trends -- Education, employment and city size -- Slums: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Slum cities and cities with slums -- Urban environmental risks and burdens -- Cities and climate change -- Cities at risk from rising sea levels -- Energy consumption in cities -- Urban energy consumption at the household level -- Urban mobility -- Inclusive urban planning for harmonious urban development -- Building bridges: social capital and urban harmony -- Unifying the divided city -- Addressing rural-urban disparities for harmonious regional development -- Metropolitan governance: governing in a city of cities ER -