The Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
An Introduction to the Asian City....Pages 1-12
Asian Urban Growth Since 1950: Demographic Components, Including Transnational Redistribution....Pages 13-24
City Forms of China and India in Global Perspective....Pages 25-52
The Distribution of City Sizes in Asian Countries....Pages 53-70
The Concept of Sacred Cities in Asia with Special Reference to India....Pages 71-80
A Comparative Study of Rank-Size Distributions in China and India....Pages 81-98
Spatial Pattern of Commercial Establishments in Two South Asian City Centers: Rajshahi and Madurai....Pages 99-118
Metropolitization in Densely Populated Asia: The Case of Tokyo....Pages 119-126
The Nature of Urbanization in South Korea....Pages 127-144
Indian Urbanization: Proliferation of Mega Cities and Urban Corridors....Pages 145-158
Urbanization in Southeast Asia....Pages 159-180
Small Town Growth and Development Policy in Pakistan....Pages 181-204
Water Supply in Selected Mega Cities of Asia....Pages 205-212
The Impact of the Growth of Township Enterprises on Rural-Urban Transformation in China, 1978–1990....Pages 213-236
New Small Towns of Israel: Successes and Failures....Pages 237-248
Exporting Planning: The Work of Thomas Karsten in Colonial Indonesia....Pages 249-264
Planning in a Rapid Growth Center: The Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia....Pages 265-278
Children in the Urban Informal Sector: A Tragedy of the Developing Countries in Asia....Pages 279-294
Poverty in the Metropolitan Cities of India....Pages 295-308
Spatial Spread of Daily Activity Patterns of Slum Dwellers in Calcutta and Delhi....Pages 309-326
Bombay Urban Development Project: A Solution for the Shelter Problem of the Urban Poor?....Pages 327-336
Sidewalk Dwellers of Calcutta....Pages 337-352
Trends and Implications of Urbanization in India During the 20th Century....Pages 353-368
Perspectives on Asian Urbanization: An East-West Comparison....Pages 369-392