We're just passing one of the great milestones in human history. It is fundamental, in the
sense that the Industrial Revolution in Britain was fundamental. For the first time in history, a …

Much of the current literature on Third World urban issues talks of rapid (or even “explosive”)
growth of cities. United Nations publications continually remind one that around half the …

The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South is the culmination of
my research interest on various aspects of planning in megacities of the Global South. I have …

As cities grow, the task of managing them becomes increasingly complex. The
unprecedented speed and scale of urban growth in the global south is often cited as the …

For an increasing number of people around the world, habitation is not a question of good or
bad architecture but of shelter, food, health and economic survival, a question of political …

Systems of urban planning, typically incorporating the preparation of land use plans and
regulatory procedures for controlling land use development in line with the plan, have been …

Some Reflections on the Post-Urban World Paradigm: Innovative Global Economies and
Emergent Transformation of Cities and Regions1 | Haas | International Journal Rural and …

Book reviews 151 literature on urbanization. The book comprises 10 regional based
chapters dealing with cities and urban growth in aU world areas. These are sandwiched …

In recent years, attention has been drawn to the fact that now more than half of the world's
population is urbanised, and the bulk of these urban dwellers are living in the global South …