Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st CenturyAuthor: Ashok K. Dutt, Allen G. Noble, G. Venugopal, S. Subbiah Published by Springer Netherlands ISBN: 978-1-4020-1576-2 DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2531-9Table of Contents:Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century: An Introduction A Half-Century of the World City: Asian and African Cities Post-Colonial Cities in the Global Era: A Comparative Study of Mumbai and Accra Colombo and the Pattern of South Asian and Port City Models The Development of Hill Stations as Urban Centers Communicative Planning Practice in an Undemocratic society: Hong Kong Case Central Planning and Market Elements in Viet Nam’s Economy Recent Planning Strategies in Jerusalem A Spatio-Temporal, Functional Classification of Indian Cities Ambient Air Quality in Delhi 1988–1994: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis Environmental Degradation and Health:Urban Growth and Health Risks in Pondicherry Pollution Parameters in Asian Cities Mitigating Rural-Urban Exodus: Multi-Objective Spatial Design of Rural Biomass Energy The Role of Secondary Cities in Rapidly Industrializing Countries:The Example of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Assessing Rail Network History in Japan’s Kanto Region Urban Development of South Asia, Consists mainly of papers presented at the 6th Asian Urbanization Conference held in Chennai (Madras) in 2000, Includes bibliographical references and index