"As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use. When … suburban development, focusing on issues associated with the scale and pace of rapid urbanization around the world. Editors …

megacities : regional, national and multidisciplinary perspectives -- Rural-urban migration, urbanization and megacities in China … -- Shanghai : the first megalopolis on the globe? / Bogdan Góralczyk -- Mexico City : an antithesis of sustainable development …

blessing in many of the cities and regions where it has occurred. With case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico … have not been able to recover economically. The cities of Tampico, Mexico, and Port Gentil, Gabon, have seen their oil … blessing in many of the cities and regions where it has occurred. With case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico …