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Names: Gottlieb, Robert, 1944- author. | Ng, Simon Ka-Wing, author.

Title: Global cities : urban environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China / Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng.

Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2017. | Series: Urban and industrial environments | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016034962 | ISBN 9780262035910 (hardcover : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262338851

Subjects: LCSH: Economic development--Environmental aspects--California--Los Angeles. | Economic development--Environmental aspects--China--Hong Kong. | Economic development--Environmental aspects--China. | Sustainable urban development--California--Los Angeles. | Sustainable urban development--China--Hong Kong. | Sustainable urban development--China. | Environmental policy--California--Los Angeles. | Environmental policy--China--Hong Kong. | Environmental policy--China.

Classification: LCC HC79.E5 .G6573 2017 | DDC 333.77--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016034962

ISBN: 978-0-262-03591-0

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