Trevor Kanaley

... Sustainable urban development in Asia Authors: Brian Roberts & Trevor Kanaley1 The Challenge of Urbanization ... Urban Share City GDP 2004 | '""T "" 't»T'" 79 Dhaka 64 Phnom Penh 78 Chennai 83 Jakarta 51 Vientiane go Penang 86 Cebu 90 Bangkok 78 HoChiMinh ...

AsiaÊs future is urban. It is in developing sustainable cities. Urbanization is both driven by and supports economic growth. The economy of the PRC is doubling in size every 10 years; India is doubling in size every 13 years. The spatial patterns of land use in Asia are changing rapidly with growing con-centrations of people and economic activity. Over the next 25 years to 2030, AsiaÊs urban population is set to increase by about 1,100 million people or 70%. While the precise figures of urban and economic growth may be debat-able, the scale of the transformation makes any imprecision irrelevant. The challenge for urban governance in Asia is to accommodate rapidly increasing populations while facilitating improvements in the welfare of cit-iesÊ inhabitants·raising living standards, services, and urban amenity over time. A particular challenge is to manage effectively the envelopment of rural areas on the rapidly expanding periphery of cities while developing synergies between urban a...

The Chapter looks at changes impacting cities’ economies since Habitat II including: global economic conditions; ageing and (mainly in developing countries) rapidly growing population; technological innovations particularly in transport, communications and data processing, and sharper policy focus on environmental sustainability and climate change.

... India. Dr. Wicaksono Sarosa, Executive Director, Urban and Regional Devel-opment Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia, authored the Indonesian chapter. ... printing. We also thankWilliam Cobbett, Manager, Cities Alliance; and Kevin Milroy, Sr. ...

The book presents case studies of good practice on sustainable urban development from 12 Asian countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It provides insights into current issues, management approaches, and investment types in urban development in Asian setting. It also provides other examples of good practice in sustainable urban region development in the context of more advanced economies. It is a useful reference for city managers, political leaders, and professionals responsible for planning and managing the development of cities.

... Sustainable urban development in Asia Authors: Brian Roberts & Trevor Kanaley1 The Challenge of Urbanization ... Urban Share City GDP 2004 | '""T "" 't»T'" 79 Dhaka 64 Phnom Penh 78 Chennai 83 Jakarta 51 Vientiane go Penang 86 Cebu 90 Bangkok 78 HoChiMinh ...

AsiaÊs future is urban. It is in developing sustainable cities. Urbanization is both driven by and supports economic growth. The economy of the PRC is doubling in size every 10 years; India is doubling in size every 13 years. The spatial patterns of land use in Asia are changing rapidly with growing con-centrations of people and economic activity. Over the next 25 years to 2030, AsiaÊs urban population is set to increase by about 1,100 million people or 70%. While the precise figures of urban and economic growth may be debat-able, the scale of the transformation makes any imprecision irrelevant. The challenge for urban governance in Asia is to accommodate rapidly increasing populations while facilitating improvements in the welfare of cit-iesÊ inhabitants·raising living standards, services, and urban amenity over time. A particular challenge is to manage effectively the envelopment of rural areas on the rapidly expanding periphery of cities while developing synergies between urban a...