Urbanization and development in Asia : multidimensional perspectives / edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur.

Contributed articles presented at the conference in Kolkata, December 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: part I Introduction -- 1. Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration, and Urbanization in Asia / Ravi Kanbur -- part II Globalization and Urbanization -- 2. Globalization and Exclusionary Urban Growth in Asian Countries / Debolina Kundu -- 3. ICT Sector, Globalization, and Urban Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangalore / M.R. Narayana -- 4. Place and Identity on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study / Deljana Iossifova -- part III Migration and Urbanization -- 5. Globalizing Shanghai: International Migration and the Global City / Wei Shen -- 6. Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in Japan / Chihiro Ishii -- 7. Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in Japan / David Rands -- part IV Governance and Urbanization -- 8. High Stakes, High Leverage: The Case for Efficient Urban Form in China / Zhenshan Yang -- 9. Fiscal Decentralization and Urbanization in Indonesia / Luiz de Mello -- 10. Moderating Urbanization and Managing Growth: How Can Colombo Prevent the Emerging Chaos? / Ranjith Dayaratne -- part V Women in Urban Settings -- 11. Women and Landed Property in Urban India: Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity / Bipasha Baruah -- 12. Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma: A Case Study of India / K.S. James -- part VI Infrastructure in Urban Peripheries -- 13. Why Do Peri-urban Households Invest in Improved, Piped Water? A Case Study from Can Tho, Vietnam / James H. Spencer -- 14. Excluded Poor: How Targeting Has Left Out the Poor in Peripheral Cities in the Philippines / Michael P. Canares.