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Urbanization and Development in Asia

Multidimensional Perspectives

The 20th century was one of rapid urbanization—that is urbanization by urban growth, and by rural-to-urban migration. By the dawn of the 21st century, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population was living in urban areas. Demographic forecasts for the decades ahead estimate that by the year 2030 almost five billion people will be living in towns and cities, with urban growth most concentrated in Africa and Asia. Asia—comprising countries of growing economic and political importance on the global economic scene—portrays the complexity of urbanization, especially the extent to which it is migration-led. Why do people move from rural to urban areas? In what ways does globalization affect such movement? What are the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration? What are the challenges with resettlement, especially those of minority groups? To try to answer these questions and gain a better understanding of what predominant urbanization means for human development UNU-WIDER launched a large research project cutting across scholarly disciplines with specific foci on the world’s regions. This book results from the Asia focus. The reader is in for deep insights into the above issues.

Table of contents
  1. Part I: Introduction
    1. Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in Asia
    Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur
  2. Part II: Globalization and Urbanization
    2. Globalization and Exclusionary Urban Growth in Asian Countries
    Amitabh Kundu, Debolina Kundu
    More Working Paper | Globalization and Exclusionary Urban Growth in Asian Countries
  3. Part II: Globalization and Urbanization
    3. ICT Sector, Globalization, and Urban Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangalore
    M. R. Narayana
    More Working Paper | ICT Sector, Globalization and Urban Economic Growth
  4. Part II: Globalization and Urbanization
    4. Place and Identity on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study
    Deljana Iossifova
    More Working Paper | Identity and Space on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai
  5. Part III: Migration and Urbanization
    5. Globalizing Shanghai: International Migration and the Global City
    Wei Shen
    More Working Paper | Globalizing Shanghai
  6. Part III: Migration and Urbanization
    6. Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in Japan
    Chihiro Ishii
    More Working Paper | Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in Japan
  7. Part III: Migration and Urbanization
    7. Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in Japan
    David Rands
    More Working Paper | Foundations of Minority Communities
  8. Part IV: Governance and Urbanization
    8. Toward Efficient Urban Form in China
    Douglas Webster, Alain Bertaud, Jianming Cai, Zhenshan Yang
    More Working Paper | Toward Efficient Urban Form in China
  9. Part IV: Governance and Urbanization
    9. Fiscal Decentralization and Urbanization in Indonesia
    Margherita Comola, Luiz de Mello
    More Working Paper | Fiscal Decentralization and Urbanization in Indonesia
  10. Part IV: Governance and Urbanization
    10. Moderating Urbanization and Managing Growth: Can Colombo Prevent the Emerging Chaos?
    Ranjith Dayaratne
    More Working Paper | Moderating Urbanization and Managing Growth
  11. Part V: Women in Urban Settings
    11. Women and Landed Property in Urban India: Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity
    Bipasha Baruah
    More Working Paper | Women and Landed Property in Urban India
  12. Part V: Women in Urban Settings
    12. Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma: A Case Study of India
    Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, K. S. James
    More Working Paper | Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma
  13. Part VI: Infrastructure in Urban Peripheries
    13. Why Do Peri-Urban Households Invest in Improved, Piped Water?: A Case-Study from Can Tho, Vietnam
    James H. Spencer
    More Working Paper | Health and the Urban Transition
  14. Part VI: Infrastructure in Urban Peripheries
    14. The Excluded Poor: How Targeting has Left Out the Poor in Peripheral Cities in the Philippines
    Michael P. Canares
    More Working Paper | The Excluded Poor
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