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Urban Planning Practice In Developing Countries

  • 1 Edición, Volumen 25 - 22 de febrero de 1982
  • Última edición
  • Editores: J.L. Taylor, D.G. Williams
  • Idioma: Inglés

Focuses on the key issues of urban planning practice in Asia's developing countries by describing and appraising a selection of the most significant planning studies or projects… Leer más

Descripción

Focuses on the key issues of urban planning practice in Asia's developing countries by describing and appraising a selection of the most significant planning studies or projects carried out in the last 20 years. These case studies have been specially written so that the emphasis is on planning practice and form the major part of the book. The editors contribute the conceptual and philosophical frame of reference with which this volume opens, as well as the final chapter which summarizes the lessons to be learned.

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Of interest to students of urban and regional planning, human settlements; practitioners of planning and personnel of international agencies.

Índice

(partial) An Overview: Problems and issues in Asian urban areas and the response of planning practice, J L Taylor & D G Williams

Criteria for evaluating urban planning and programmes, J L Taylor & D G Williams

Selected Case Studies: The Karachi Development Programme, 1976-1985: an interim appraisal, J Herbert

Case study of a relocated capital: Ankara, I Tekeli & T Okyay

Durgapur: case study of an Indian new town, K C Sivaramakrishnan

Towns for plantation agriculture: Pahang Tenggara, Malaysia, J L Taylor & D G Williams

Settlement prospects in China: a rural case study, R Kirkby

Public housing in the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore, Y-M Yeung & D W Drakakis-Smith

Up-grading of low-income residential areas in Jakarta and Manila, J L Taylor & D G Williams

Malaysian urban development authority - a case study, P Amato

Singapore's area licence scheme: results and lessons, E Holland & B Watson. Health programmes directed to urban squatter populations, S S Basta

Principal Conclusions

Biographical Notes.

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Volumen: 25
  • Publicado: 22 de octubre de 2013
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

JT

J.L. Taylor

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Consultant on Urban Planning, UNICEF, Indonesia

DW

D.G. Williams

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Urban Projects Dept, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

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