This book examines the interactions between economic change and urbanization, in the form of structural shifts in employment, regional development policy, and national industrial policy. It also discusses the human welfare problems associated with rapid urbanization and a lack of government finance. Its conclusions move beyond the scope of the four country case-studies to identify urban planning issues that are relevant to all developing countries.

• Preface


• 1.: Gavin W. Jones and Pravin Visaria: Urbanization of the Third World Giants


• SECTION 1: CHINA


• Introduction


• 2.: Jing Neng Li: Structural and Spatial Economic Changes and their Effects on Recent Urbanization in China


• 3.: Aprodicio Laquian: The Effects of National Urban Strategy and Regional Development Policy on Patterns of Urban Growth in China


• 4.: Lin You Su: Migration and Urbanization in China


• 5.: Yok-shiu F. Lee: Urban Housing Reforms in China, 1979-89


• SECTION 2: INDONESIA


• Introduction


• 6.: Mike Douglas: Structural Change and Urbanization in Indonesia: From the `Old' to the `New' International Division of Labour


• 7.: Iwan Jaya Aziz: Implications of Industrial Location Policy for Urbanization in Indonesia


• 8.: Peter Gardiner: Determinants of Urbanization in Indonesia: National Urban Development Strategies, Regional Development Policy, and Implicit and Institutional Factors


• 9.: Mustaram Koswara: Housing and Infrastructure Provision and Financing in Indonesia


• SECTION 3: BRAZIL


• Introduction


• 10.: George Martine and Clelio Campolina Diniz: Economic and Demographic Concentration in Brazil


• 11.: Paolo Roberto Haddad: Industrial Location Policy and its Implications for Urbanization in Brazil


• 12.: Donald Sawyer: Structural Economic Change and Frontier Urbanization in Brazil


• SECTION 4: INDIA


• Introduction


• 13.: Pravin Visaria: Urbanization in India: an overview


• 14.: Rakesh Mohan: Industrial Location Policies and their Implications for India


• 15.: T. S. Papola: Extent and Implications of Rural-Urban Migration in India


• Conclusion