Urban Planning Practice in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by J.L. Taylor and D.G. Williams (Eds.)

• Publisher: Pergamon Press
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 357
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Pergamon Urban and Regional Planning Advisory Committee, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages v-vi
Acknowledgements, Page vii, The Editors
1 - Problems and Issues in Asian Urban Areas — and the Response of Planning Practice, Pages 3-45, John L. Taylor, David G. Williams
2 - Criteria for Evaluating Urban Planning and Programmes, Pages 46-71, John L. Taylor, David G. Williams
Comprehensive Planning of Major Cities, Pages 75-76
3 - The Karachi Development Programme: 1976-1985: An Interim Appraisal, Pages 77-122, John Herbert
4 - Case Study of a Relocated Capital: Ankara, Pages 123-143, Ilhan Tekeli, Tarik Okyay
5 - Durgapur: Case Study of an Indian New Town, Pages 144-159, K.C. Sivaramakrishnan
The Role of Urban Settlement In Rural Development, Pages 161-162
6 - Towns for Plantation Agriculture: Pahang Tenggara, Malaysia, Pages 163-188, John L. Taylor, David G. Williams
7 - Settlement Prospects in China: A Rural Case Study, Pages 189-214, Richard Kirkby
Low- to Moderate-income Residential Programmes, Pages 215-216
8 - Public Housing in the City States of Hong Kong and Singapore, Pages 217-238, Yue-man Yeung, D.W. Drakakis-Smith
9 - Upgrading of Low-income Residential Areas in Jakarta and Manila, Pages 239-258, John L. Taylor, David G. Williams
10 - The Malayasian Urban Development Authority: A Case Study, Pages 259-276, Peter W. Amato
Planning and Implementation of Selected Sectoral Programmes, Page 277
11 - Singapore's Area Licence Scheme: Results and Lessons, Pages 279-300, Edwin Holland, Peter Watson
12 - Health Programmes Directed to Urban Squatter Populations, Pages 301-320, Samir Sanad Basta
INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS, Pages 321-351
Biographical Notes, Pages 351-357, PETER W. AMATO