Subject(s): Environmental harmony -- Cities and towns. -- Cities and towns in Growth in Statistics. -- Spatial distribution of world's cities -- Urban growth patterns -- Shrinking cities -- Economic policies and migration -- Urban governance -- Urban population -- Bangalore India's silicon plateau -- Urban inequality -- Regional trend -- Urban slums , slum cities -- Education, employment and the city size -- Urban environment risks and burdens -- Climate change -- Cities and risk from rising sea level -- Energy consumption in cities -- Urban energy consumption at household level -- Urban mobility -- Urban planning -- Urban development -- Social capital -- Divided city -- Rural urban disparities -- Metropolitan governance