"This book aims to explore how sustainable urban development can boost both resilience and quality of life in cities. It looks at keystrategies, design principles, and policies that help create urban spaces that can adapt to environmental, social, and economic challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Economic Systems and Human Development Before Capitalism -- Early Economic History: The Formation of the First World Economy -- How the World Changed: Britain, the Low Countries, and the Industrial Revolution., Chapter -- The First Era of Capitalism (1870–1919) -- The Battle of...

The political, social and economic reforms spearheaded by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman serve the goal of consolidating his rule in the long term. Bin Salman has centralised decision-making in his own hands and is in full control of the country’s politics. Authoritarianism under the...