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OverviewIndian and Asian mega cities face crucial urban crisis and decay, due to massive migration, urban explosion and overstrained urban services. Phenomena, processes, and planning policies needed are main focii of the study. The book has four parts. First part tells a very sad story of massive poverty-induced migration of illiterate labourers into four Indian mega cities. Urban decay in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Shanghai, and Seoul are also discussed. Second, underlying spatial-economic-political processes behind such migration and urban decay in developing countries are unfolded. Third, Tokyo's improved metropolitan planning is highlighted as lessons for better urban management. Fourth, planning strategies are suggested to reduce such problems. Many urban, rural and regional development strategies are discussed which call for spatial restructuring for internal domestic market, development of backward regions and small cities, welfare for poor migrants and common people, and humanistic planning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Shekbar MukherjiPublisher: Rawat Imprint: Rawat Weight: 0.368kg ISBN: 9788170339861ISBN 10: 8170339863 Pages: 193 Publication Date: 20 August 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Three Main Phenomena 3. Migration, Urban Economic Structure, and Polarized Investment in India 4. Migration and Urbanization Situation in Indian Mega Cities: Mumbai and Kolkata 5. Migration and Urbanization in New Delhi and Chennai 6. Poverty-Induced Migration and Urban Involution in Other ESCAP Countries 7. Highlights of Acute Urban Crisis in ESCAP Region 8. Spatial-Socio-Economic-Political Processes Underlying Migration and Urbanization 9. Spatial Strategies and Other Policies of Mega Cities of Asia 10. Migration and Urbanization in Japan: Urban and Regional Planning Lessons from Japan 11. Search for Alternative Development Perspective 12. Policy Alternatives and Strategies References Name Index Subject IndexReviewsAuthor InformationShekhar Mukherji, a leading Geographer-cum-Demographer, is a former Professor and the Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. He was also Founder Professor and the Head of Geography Department, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. He got two Ph.Ds, from Calcutta University and University of Hawaii, USA; did Post-doctorate from Australian National University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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