Urbanization and Development in Asia

Using case studies from seven Asian countries, this volume examines why people move from rural to urban areas, how globalization affects such movements, and the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration.

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ; 1. CREATING PLACE FOR THE DISPLACED: MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION IN ASIA (JO BEALL, BASUDEB GUHA-KHASNOBIS, AND RAVI KANBUR) ; PART I: GLOBALIZATION AND URBANIZATION: ; 2. GLOBALIZATION AND EXCLUSIONARY URBAN GROWTH IN ASIAN COUNTRIES (AMITABH KUNDU AND DEBOLINA KUNDU) ; 3. ICT SECTOR, GLOBALIZATION, AND URBAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM BANGALORE (M.R. NARAYANA) ; 4. PLACE AND IDENTITY ON THE BORDERLAND BETWEEN OLD AND NEW IN SHANGHAI: A CASE STUDY (DELJANA IOSSIFOVA) ; PART II: MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION: ; 5. GLOBALIZING SHANGHAI: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND THE GLOBAL CITY (WEI SHEN) ; 6. GLOBALIZING HOUSEHOLDS AND MULTI-ETHNIC COMMUNITY BUILDING IN JAPAN (CHIHIRO ISHII) ; 7. FOUNDATIONS OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES: RESIDENT KOREANS IN JAPAN (DAVID RANDS) ; PART III: GOVERNANCE AND URBANIZATION: ; 8. TOWARD EFFICIENT URBAN FORM IN CHINA (DOUGLAS WEBSTER, ALAIN BERTAUD, CAI JIANMING, AND YANG ZHENSHAN) ; 9. FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND URBANIZATION IN INDONESIA (MARGHERITA COMOLA AND LUIZ DE MELLO) ; 10. MODERATING URBANIZATION AND MANAGING GROWTH: CAN COLOMBO PREVENT THE EMERGING CHAOS? (RANJITH DAYARATNE) ; PART IV: WOMEN IN URBAN SETTINGS: ; 11. WOMEN AND LANDED PROPERTY IN URBAN INDIA: NEGOTIATING CLOSED DOORS AND WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY (BIPASHA BARUAH) ; 12. URBANIZATION AND THE SOUTH ASIAN ENIGMA: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA (BASUDEB GUHA-KHASNOBIS AND K.S. JAMES) ; PART V: 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) ; 14. THE EXCLUDED POOR: HOW TARGETING HAS LEFT OUT THE POOR IN PERIPHERAL CITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES (MICHAEL P. CANARES) ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS.