EAN: 9781399406154

AGE OF THE CITY - IAN GOLDIN TOM LEE-DEVLIN KAR...

'A fresh  clear-eyed and timely analysis' Peter Frankopan 'A sharp and lively urbanist
manifesto' Times Literary Supplement Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's
Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality  social division  pandemics
and climate change must be faced. From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern
metropolises like New York or Shanghai  cities throughout history have been the engines of
human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now  for the first time  more
than half of humanity lives in cities  a share that continues to rise. In the developing world
cities are growing at a rate never seen before. Globalization and technological change have
concentrated wealth into a small number of booming metropolises  leaving many smaller cities
and towns behind and feeding populist resentment - so it is within cities that the fight to
make our societies fairer  more cohesive and sustainable must start. Yet even within seemingly
thriving cities like London or San Francisco  the gap between the haves and have-nots continues
to widen and our retreat into online worlds tears away at our social fabric. Meanwhile 
pandemics and climate change pose existential threats to our increasingly urban world.
Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin combine the lessons of history with a deep understanding of
the challenges confronting our world today to show why cities are at a crossroads - and hold
our destinies in the balance.

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