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Traces the interweaving of four themes, including the economic bases of urbanization, the built environment, living in the city and multi-city networks. With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, the book provides reference for chronological periods and parti…
With case studies in each chapter focusing on specific cities, and including maps and photographs, this book is a comprehensive survey of urbanization in South Asia during the last 5000 years.
"This book explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided treaty port in the 1840s, and looking forward to its upcoming hosting of China's first World's Fair, the 2010 Expo. As suc…