Once a favorite topic of urban economists and land use planners, local growth control and growth management (LGC&M) programs have become passé, swept off the front pages of professional and academic journals alike by more current topics like smart growth and sprawl. Smart growth, with its...

Post-reform urban conditions -- Establishing the land market -- Establishing the housing market -- Market configuration and actors in urban development -- State, governance, and land management -- Changing city planning : from resource allocation to place promotion -- Entrepreneurial city and...

India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India's GDP, and this number is expected to rise to 75% by...

This paper questions the widely applied parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterizing urban shrinkage in Germany, and argues that the usage of population change as a single indicator leads to incorrect policy recommendations for combating urban shrinkage. As the cases of...

Urbanisation and development: an overview / John WONG and LYE Liang Fook -- Building a liveable city: the Singapore experience / KHOO Teng Chye -- Singapore's approach to urban planning / John WONG and ZHAO Litao -- Urbanisation in Vietnam: behind the successful façade / PHAM Thuy Loan --...