TY  - GEN
AU  - United Nations Human Settlement Programme
TI  - State of Asian cities 2010/11
SN  - 9789211322743
U1  - 307.760954 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Fukuoka
PB  - United Nations Human Settlement Programme
KW  -  
N1  - Part 01: The State of Asian Cities: Overview and Key Findings
1.1	Introduction    4
1.2	Urbanizing Asia    6
1.3	The Economic Role of Asian Cities     10
1.4	Poverty and Inequality in Asian Cities    14
1.5	The Urban Environment and Climate Change    18
1.6	Urban Governance, Management and Finance in Asia    23
1.7	The Structure of the Report    29
Part 02: Urbanizing Asia
2.1	Urbanization trends    32
2.2	The factors behind urban growth    48
2.3	Urban corridors, mega-cities and mega urban regions    54
2.4	Small and medium-sized cities     59
2.5	Density and the pace of urbanization    62
2.6	Urbanization in Asia: Diagnosis & policies    66
Part 03: The Economic Role of Asian Cities
3.1	Cities as engines of economic growth    72
3.2	The main drivers of Asia's urban economies    79
3.3	Urbanization and the informal economy in Asia    87
3.4	Asia: Beyond the 'factory of the world'    93
3.5	Asian cities and local development    100
3.6    Diagnosis and future challenges     102
Part 04: Poverty and inequality in Asian cities
4.1	Poverty    108
4.2	Poverty in Asia    110
4.3	Inequality    116
4.4	Access to land and housing    120
4.5	Access to basic urban services    143
4.6	Diagnosis and future challenges    156
Part 05: The Urban Environment and Climate Change
5.1	Introduction   164
5.2	The defining features of Asia's urban environmental Challenges     166
5.3	Environmental conditions in Asian cities     170
5.4	The challenge of climate change in Asian cities    181
5.5	Towards improved environmental planning and management in Asian cities     194
5.6	Urban Asia and the environment: Diagnosis and policies     199
Part 06: Urban governance, management and finance
6.1	Introduction    208
6.2	Urban governance and operational structures    210
6.3	The principles of urban governance    213
6.4	Types of urban governance systems    219
6.5	Mega urban region development    227
6.6	Decentralization and government functions    229
6.7	Financing urban development    234
6.8	Performance in service delivery management    241
6.9	Cooperation networks    247
6.10	Diagnosis and future challenges	    249
Statistical Annex    254

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