The Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning

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Preface. Part I: Urbanization in an International Context. 1. An Introduction to the Asian City A.K. Dutt, F.J. Costa, A.G. Noble, S. Aggarwal. 2. Asian Urban Growth since 1950: Demographic Components, including Transnational Redistribution B.J.L. Berry, Hak-Min Kim. 3. City Forms of China and India in Global Perspective A.K. Dutt, Yichun Xie, F.J. Costa, Zhengmao Yang. Part II: Comparative Urban Setting. 4. The Distribution of City Sizes in Asian Countries P.P. Karan. 5. The Concept of Sacred Cities in Asia with Special Reference to India S.M. Bhardwaj. 6. A Comparative Study of Rank-Size Distributions in China and India A.K. Dutt, Yichun Xie, R.J. Das, A. Parai. 7. Spatial Pattern of Commercial Establishments in Two South Asian City Centers: Rajshahi and Madurai A.K. Dutt, A.G. Noble, Z. Hasan. Part III: Urbanization Characteristics by Countries. 8. Metropolization in Densely Populated Asia: the Case of Tokyo Y. Masai. 9. The Nature of Urbanization in South Korea Naghun Song, A.K. Dutt, F.J. Costa. 10. Indian Urbanization: Proliferation of Mega Cities and Urban Corridors B.K. Roy. 11. Urbanization in Southeast Asia A.K. Dutt, Naghun Song. 12. Small Town Growth and Development Policy in Pakistan A.H. Siddiqi. Part IV: Urban Planning. 13. Water Supply in Selected Mega Cities of Asia A. Parai, J.E. Benhart, W.C. Rense. 14. The Impact of the Growth of Township Enterprises on Rural--Urban Transformation in China, 1978--1990 S.L. Morgan. 15. New Small Towns of Israel: Successes and Failures E. Efrat. 16. Exporting Planning: the Work of Thomas Karsten in Colonial Indonesia J.L. Cobban. 17. Planning in a Rapid Growth Center: the Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia S. Al-Oteibi, A.G. Noble, F.J. Costa. Part V: The Urban Poor. 18. Children in the Urban Informal Sector: a Tragedy of the Developing Countries in Asia P. Nangia. 19. Poverty in the Metropolitan Cities of India V. Nath. 20. Spatial Spread of Daily Activity Patterns of Slum Dwellers in Calcutta and Delhi A.K. Dutt, S. Tripathi, A. Mukhopadhyay. 21. Bombay Urban Development Project: a Solution for the Shelter Problem of the Urban Poor? S. Banerjee-Guha. 22. Sidewalk Dwellers of Calcutta A. Mukhopadhyay, A.K. Dutt, A. Halder. Part VI: Perspectives on Urbanization. 23. Trends and Implications of Urbanization in India during the 20th Century A. Bose. 24. Perspectives on Asian Urbanization: an East--West Comparison A. Parai, A.K. Dutt.