Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dutt, Ashok K. (Editor), Noble, Allen G. (Editor), Venugopal, G. (Editor), Subbiah, S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: The GeoJournal Library, 75
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Regional/Spatial Science.

st th The 21 century is the century of Asia in the same way the 20 century was of America. In terms of urbanization challenges Asia in the current century is faced with an enormous surge of urban population and the associated problems of rural –urban migration, overcrowding, proliferation of slums,...