Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities provides access to a wide range of geographic, demographic, economic, and social information for 50 cities from around the world. The material is arranged into 22 easy-to-follow rubrics that facilitate quick scanning and meaningful comparisons among entries: 1 Introduction, 2 Getting There, 3 Getting Around, 4 People, 5 Neighborhoods, 6 History, 7 Government, 8 Public Safety, 9 Economy, 10 Environment, 11 Shopping, 12 Education, 13 Health Care, 14 Media, 15 Sports, 16 Parks and Recreation, 17 Performing Arts, 18 Libraries and Museums, 19 Tourism, 20 Holidays and Festivals, 21 Famous Citizens, 22 Bibliography, including Web sites.
First Published in 2017. This encyclopedia, in A-Z format, has as its subject those cities that are the most important to the world in terms of their cultural, historic, economic, demographic or political significance: some 150 world cities are included. City profiles focus on areas such as economy, demographics, labour, culture, crime, education, health, housing, land and environment etc., as well as incorporating data that ranks each city on the basis of more than 75 indicators. This enables researchers to make direct comparisons between cities in different parts of the world.