Migration and Urban Decay:
Subtitle: ASian Experiences
Contributors: Author himself alone
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Rawat Publications, India
Published: 2006
Place of publication: jaipur and New Delhi
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 371
Work titles: Research Publication
First sentence: Very Crucial Urban Crisis  and Human Problems in ESCAP Region......
Description: Indian and Asian Mega cities face crucial urban crisis,  due to massive migration,  urban explosion and over-starined urban services.  The phenomena, processses, and planning policies  needed are main foci of  this 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-eonomic-political processes behind  such migration and urban decay in developing countries are unfolded.  Third, Tokyo's improved meropolitan planning is  highlighted as lessons for better urban management.  Fourth,  planning strategies are suggested  to reduce such problems.....