This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization and demystifies Social
Sustainability the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The
volume's twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics creates a nuanced and vitally
important resource. Large migrations from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning
and infrastructure improvements including housing education and health care optimization
have created significant challenges across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich
strategies to meet these challenges by careful application of data on population growth and
movement to the planning design and construction of operational infrastructures that can
sustainably support our increasingly rapid population growth.
