Résumé : | These are times of dramaticc change. But there is also a sense of apportunity and hop that a new world can be buiilt and that our goals of social progress and greater opportunityfor all human ity can be achieved. These goals will have ti be achieved in the cities, tows and smaller settlements of a paridly urbanizing world. A global urban civilization will have a profound impact on patterns of nationalvand international development for natural resource use and environmental sustainability. Urbanization is noy simple a demographic phenomennon. It is changing relations between town and countryside. It is changing the face of both ciries and villages. |