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