Urban sprawl has been at the center of current debate on urban structure. Compared to the
rich literature on urban sprawl in Western cities, relatively little is known about whether …

In Urban Land Rent, Anne Haila uses Singapore as a case study to develop an original
theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory …

The Human Settlements Group works to reduce poverty and improve health and housing
conditions in the urban centres of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It seeks to combine this …

This paper proposes 'ruralization'as a concept that human geographers are well placed to
develop across the rural-urban geography divide and in dialogue with scholars in cognate …

Peri-urban areas have been commonly defined as transitional zones located in the outskirts
of a designated city boundary, where rural and urban characteristics meet each other …

Taking a broad perspective of livelihoods, this book draws on more than ninety case studies
from thirty-six countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to examine how people are …

Scholars, as area specialists, have typified south-east Asian cities as Third World cities and
emphasised their uniquely south-east Asian or even national characteristics. This paper will …

The growth economies of Southeast Asia are presented by the World Bank and others as
exemplars of development-'miracle'economies to be emulated. How did the region attain …

Surface radiant temperatures derived from Landsat TM thermal infrared images of 13
December, 1989, 03 March, 1996, and 29 August 1997 were used to study the urban heat …

China has undergone a dramatic transition echoed the unprecedented urbanization and
economic growth since the late 1970s. The current research on urbanization has overlooked …