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,...

Table of Contents:

• Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century: An Introduction
• A Half-Century of the World City: Asian and African Cities
• Post-Colonial Cities in the Global Era: A Comparative Study of Mumbai and Accra
• Colombo and the Pattern of South Asian and Port City Models
• The Development of Hill Stations as Urban Centers
• Communicative Planning Practice in an Undemocratic society: Hong Kong Case
• Central Planning and Market Elements in Viet Nam’s Economy
• Recent Planning Strategies in Jerusalem
• A Spatio-Temporal, Functional Classification of Indian Cities
• Ambient Air Quality in Delhi 1988–1994: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis
• Environmental Degradation and Health:Urban Growth and Health Risks in Pondicherry
• Pollution Parameters in Asian Cities
• Mitigating Rural-Urban Exodus: Multi-Objective Spatial Design of Rural Biomass Energy
• The Role of Secondary Cities in Rapidly Industrializing Countries:The Example of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Assessing Rail Network History in Japan’s Kanto Region
• Urban Development of South Asia.