Subject(s): Urbanization in Asia ,Congresses. -- City planning in Asia ,Congresses. -- Cities and towns in Asia, Growth. -- planning for sustainable urban settlements -- Human settlements and habitat agenda in Asia -- Mega-urbanisation -- sustainable urban settlements : administrative perspective -- sustainable urban settlements of tribes -- Housing in China, Philippines, Bangalore -- Urban poverty -- Metropolis -- Self help housing finance in Hyderabad -- Urban land -- Poverty alleviation -- Social segregation -- Spatial and social segregation -- Ethnic segregation -- Gender and human settlements -- Gender and housing for the urban poor -- Infrastructural development -- Role of women in Urban areas -- Migration and human settlements -- Zelinsky's theory -- Mobility transition and economic and demographic factors -- Regional migration -- Sheltering the Migrants in Punjab