Consists mainly of papers presented at the 6th Asian Urbanization Conference held in Chennai (Madras) in 2000.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Contents -- Chapter 1 CHALLENGES TO ASIAN URBANIZATION IN THE 21st CENTURY: AN INTRODUCTION -- CHALLENGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK -- NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF URBANIZATION -- NEW TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION -- MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF 21ST CENTURY ASIAN URBANIZATION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2 A HALF-CENTURY OF THE WORLD CITY: ASIAN AND AFRICAN CITIES -- THE PRESENT GLOBAL SYSTEM OF MAJOR CITIES -- GROWTH OF LARGEST WORLD CITIES -- ASIAN AND AFRICAN WORLD CITIES -- GROWTH OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN URBANIZATION -- WHAT OF THE FUTURE? -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 POST-COLONIAL CITIES IN THE GLOBAL ERA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MUMBAI AND ACCRA -- THE LITERATURE ON POST-COLONIAL CITIES -- POST-COLONIAL CITIES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: FOUR PHASES -- IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING CORPORATE ACTIVITY -- ACCRA AND BOMBAY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- ACCRA AND MUMBAI IN THE GLOBAL ERA -- CONCLUSIONS: A MODEL FOR THE GLOBAL ERA? -- Chapter 4 COLOMBO AND THE PATTERN OF SOUTH ASIAN AND PORT CITY MODELS -- AMERICAN URBAN MORPHOLOGY MODELS -- SOUTH ASIAN URBAN MORPHOLOGY MODELS -- RECENT APPROACHES TO SOUTH ASIAN CITY MODELS -- PORT CITY MODELS -- THE CASE OF COLOMBO -- NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOMBO AS ANALYSED BY SOUTH ASIAN AND PORT CITY MODELS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 THE DEVELOPMENT OF HILL STATIONS AS URBAN CENTERS -- BACKGROUND -- HISTORY OF THE INDIAN HILL STATIONS -- THE AMERICAN "HILL STATION" -- SELECTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HILL STATIONS -- CLIMATES OF THE HILL STATIONS -- DISCUSSION OF AMERICAN HILL STATIONS -- INDIAN HILL STATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6 COMMUNICATIVE PLANNING PRACTICE IN AN UNDEMOCRATIC SOCIETY:HONG KONG CASE -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- THE CHOICE OF HONG -KONG -- TWO PROBLEM CASES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 7 CENTRAL PLANNING AND MARKET ELEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S ECONOMY -- HISTORICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BACKGROUND, 1954-1975 -- SHORT-LIVED FULL FLEDGED CENTRAL PLANNING, 1975-1986 -- THE WORKING OF MARKET ELEMENTS IN REFORMING SOCIALISM: 1986-1999 -- SETTING GOALS FOR 2020 AND BEYOND -- Chapter 8 RECENT PLANNING STRATEGIES IN JERUSALEM -- GROWTH OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS -- UNIFICATION AND PARTITION PLANS -- PLANNING FOR POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS -- PLANNING JERUSALEM AT THE BEGINNING OF 2000 -- Chapter 9 INDIAN CITIES A SPATIO-TEMPORAL, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN CITIES -- THE CASE OF INDIA -- EMPLOYMENT IN CLASS I CITIES, 1901-1991 -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 10 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY IN DELHI 1988-1994: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS -- AIR POLLUTION -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION -- COMPARISON OF VALUES WITH STANDARDS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 11 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND HEALTH: URBAN GROWTH AND HEALTH RISKS IN PONDICHERRY -- URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- URBAN PONDICHERRY: UNCONTROLLED GROWTH -- RESEARCHING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 12 POLLUTION PARAMETERS IN ASIAN CITIES -- POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN ASIAN CITIES -- THREE CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 13 MITIGATING R.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book is of relevance to researchers and students working in the fields of social geography, Asian studies, urban economics, urban and regional planning and social issues."--BOOK JACKET.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Challenges to Asian urbanization in the 21st century.
International Standard Book Number
1402015763
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Challenges to Asian urbanization in the twenty first century
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Urban policy-- Asia, Congresses.
Urbanization-- Asia, Congresses.
Politique urbaine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Urban.
Urban policy.
Urbanisatie.
Urbanisation.
Urbanization.
Verstädterung
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asia.
Asie.
Asien
Madras 2000
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7
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7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
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SOC-- 026030
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
307
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76/095
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HT384
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A78
Book number
A837
2003eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
15
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75
Class number
RR
10909
System Code
bcl
System Code
rvk
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Dutt, Ashok K.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Asian Urbanisation Conference(6th :2000 :, Madras, India)