1. Trends and Prospects

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Contributors IX
5. PART I: INTRODUCTION
6. 1. Trends and Prospects 1
7. 2. An Overview of the Literature 19
8. PART II: NATIONAL TRENDS AND PROCESSES
9. 3. Urbanization in India: Retrospect and Prospect 25
10. 4. Urban Development in Pakistan 47
11. 5. Urban Development Trends in China 75
12. 6. Urbanisasi or Kotadesasi? Evolving Patterns of Urbanization in Asia 93
13. PART III: REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION
14. 7. Perception of Environmental Pollution in a Chinese City 109
15. 8. Coefficients of Urban Intensification for Japanese Cities: 1960-1980 139
16. 9. Growth of a Twin City: Planned Urban Dispersal in India 169
17. PART IV: CASE STUDIES IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT
18. 10. Intermediate Cities on the Resource Frontier: A Case Study from Indonesia 189
19. 11. Beijing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 207
20. 12. Migration and Urbanization in India: A Case Study of Delhi 227
21. 13. India's North-South and Rural-Urban Correlates for Urbanization 245
22. 14. The Preindustrial City Reexamined: The Cases of Jaipur and Jaisalmer 263
23. 15. Employment Structure and the Chinese Urban Economy 285
24. PART V: ISSUES AND POLICIES FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT
25. 16. Bursting at the Seams: Strategies for Controlling Metropolitan Growth in Asia 309
26. 17. Planning in Hong Kong: Accomplishments and Failures 333
27. 18. The Role of Squatter Settlements in Chandigarh 357
28. 19. Land Tax Policy to Control Urban Land Speculation in the Republic of Korea 367
29. 20. The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Spatial Concentration 387
30. Index 411