This book explores how Asia's fast-growing cities can fulfil their potential as engines of economic prosperity and provide a livable environment for all citizen

The shift of people from rural areas to cities and urban towns in developing and emerging economies is one of the most profound demographic changes happening gl

Slums, informal settlements, and dilapidated inner-city tenements are problems that many cities in Asia and the Pacific struggle with while their economies try

This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and tech