Challenges to Asian urbanization in the 21st century

Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century
Author: Ashok K. Dutt, Allen G. Noble, G. Venugopal, S. Subbiah
Published by Springer Netherlands
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1576-2
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2531-9

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

Consists mainly of papers presented at the 6th Asian Urbanization Conference held in Chennai (Madras) in 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index