Subject(s): Urbanization in Asia. -- Cities and towns in Asia, Growth. -- City planning in Asia. -- Urban regions Development in Asia -- Urbanization in an International Context -- Asian Urbanization in Global Context -- Urban features and Settings -- Urban Planning -- Urban Poor -- Asian Urban Growth Since 1950: Demographic Components , Including Transnational Redistribution -- City Forms of China and India in Global Perspective -- Evolution of City Form -- Pre-Industrial Cities -- Industrial Cities -- Colonial City -- Post-Industrial Cities -- Post-Independence City -- Socialist City -- Six Evolutionary Paths : West European Models, East European Models, Oil Rich Middle Eastern Models, Chinese Socialist Models, market-Based Developing Country Models, specific Features of city Evolution -- Early Urban forms in China and India -- Colonial Urban Form in China and India -- Post Colonial Urban Form in China and India -- Comparative Urban Settings -- Distribution of City Size in Asian Countries -- Nature of Urbanization in Asia -- Concept of Sacred Cities in Asia with Special Reference to India -- Spatial pattern of Commercial Establishments in Two South Asian City Centers: Rajshahi and madurai : Methodology, Discussion of the Statistical Results, Model and Conclusion -- Urbanization Characteristics By Countries -- Metropolitanization in Densely Populated Asia: Teh case of Tokyo -- Nature of Urbanization in South Korea -- Indian Urbanization: Proliferation of Mega Cities and Urban Corridors -- Urbanization in Southeast Asia -- small Town Growth and Development Policy in Pakistan -- Urban Primacy -- Dilution in Urbanization -- Urban Planning -- Water Supply in Selected Mega Cities of Asia : Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Seoul, Dhaka, Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay -- Impact of the Growth of Township Enterprises on Rural-Urban Transformation in China, 1978-1990 -- New Small Towns of Israel: Successes and failures -- Exporting Planning: The Work of Thomas karsten in Colonial Indonesia -- Planning in Rapid Growth Centre: the Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Urban Poor -- Children in the Urban Informal Sector: A Tragedy of the Developing Countries in South and Southeast Asia -- Poverty in the Metropolitan Cities of India -- Spatial Spread of Daily Activity Patterns of Slum Dwellers in Calcutta and Delhi -- Bombay Urban Development Project: A Solution for the Shelter Problem of the Urban Poor -- Sidewalk Dwellers of Calcutta -- Perspectives on Urbanization -- Trends and Implications of Urbanization in India During the 20th Century -- Perspectives on Asian Urbanization: An East-West Comparison