Coming to terms with global urban expansion
The inevitable expansion proposition
The sustainable densities proposition
The decent housing proposition
The public works proposition
Urbanization in historical perspective
The geography of world urbanization
The global hierarchy of cities
The evidence: new maps, new metrics, old theory
Global urban land cover and its expansion
The persistent decline in urban densities
From centrality to dispersal
The fragmentation of urban landscapes
The pulsating compactness of urban footprints
Urban land cover projections, 2000-2050
Urban expansion and the loss of cultivated lands.
