In a series of essays; the process of urbanisation ndash; a human mega-trend acquiring unprecedented scale and speed as globalisation proceeds ndash; is examined in the most diverse contexts and stages of development. Drawing on scientific references and identifying recurring themes like dispersion; privatisation and vitality; Fiedler devises the glossary for a cross-cultural understanding of the global urban system emerging. Images and anecdotal evidence reconnect these themes to local realities. The tone of the essays conveys a post-voluntarist attitude; derived from many years of professional experience ndash; critical of both neoliberal practices and determinist ideas.To ldquo;condemn the realityrdquo; of global urbanization ldquo;is fruitlessrdquo;; writes Johannes Fiedler in this unlimited view of a world of constant motion; subject no longer to just its planetary rotations; but also to the constant push and pull of its various populations; some of whose giant constructions shift the earthrsquo;s axis.From the foreword by Lars Lerup
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