Urban Development in Asia: Pathways, Opportunities and Challenges

• Main Authors: Zhang, Qian (Author), Deng, Xiangzheng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
• Subjects: Geography.; Urban geography.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Environmental Management.; Sustainable Development.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book aims to present implications for China’s urban development through international comparison of urbanization process from the perspective of spatio-temporal pattern, driving factors, rural-urban interactions, development trends and economic-ecological-social synergic development. Followed t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Urban development in selected Asian countries
• Comparison of urbanization processes for Asian countries
• International urbanization processes and patterns: Implications for China.