East Asia's changing urban landscape: measuring a decade of spatial growth.

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Imprint:Washington DC : World Bank, [2015]
Description:xxi, 157 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Urban development series
Urban development series (Washington, D.C.).
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10142098
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Other authors / contributors:World Bank.
ISBN:1464803633
9781464803635
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • Why Urban Expansion Matters
  • A New Approach to Measuring Urban Expansion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2. Key Findings: Urban Expansion in East Asia, 2000-10
  • Rapid Urban Expansion and Population Growth
  • Density: High and Increasing, on Average
  • Increasing Metropolitan Fragmentation
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. Recommnedations: What Policy Makers Can Do to Facilitate Efficient, Sustainable, and Inclusive Urban Growth
  • Preparing for Future Spatial Expansion
  • Ensuring That Urbanization Is Economically Efficient
  • Ensuring That Urbanization Is Inclusive
  • Ensuring That Urbanization Is Sustainable
  • Overcoming Metropolitan Fragmentation
  • Conclusions and Areas for Further Research
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix A. Urban Expansion in East Asia, 2000-10, by Country
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • The Republic of Korea
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Malaysia
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • The Philippines
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix B. Urban Expansion in East Asia, Excluding China, 2000-10
  • Trends by Country Income Group
  • Trends by Urban Area
  • Trends by Size Categories
  • Density
  • Metropolitan Fragmentation
  • Appendix C. Methodologies and Accessing the Data
  • Methodologies
  • Accessing the Data
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix D. Changes in Urban Land, Population, and Density by Country
  • Appendix E. Changes in Urban Land, Population, and Density in Urban Areas with More Than 1 Million People
  • Boxes
  • 1.1. Defining "urban"
  • 2.1. Comparing urbanization in East Asia to that in the rest of the world
  • 2.2. Projecting future urban expansion
  • 2.3. The urban population density metric
  • 2.4. A typology of urban areas based on administrative fragmentation
  • 3.1. Innovative land tools for urban expansion
  • 3.2. Creating and sharing higher land value in transit development
  • 3.3. Some models of metropolitan governance
  • A.1. A snapshot of urbanization in progress
  • A.2. Ghost cities in China
  • Figures
  • 1.1. Changes in proportion of urban population (urbanization rate) and GDP per capita, 2000-10
  • 2.1. Proportion of total urban land in East Asia by country, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.2. Annual rate of urban spatial expansion by country, 2000-10
  • 2.3. Proportion of total urban population in East Asia by country, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.4. Rate of urban population growth by country, 2000-10
  • 2.5. Proportion of urban land by income group, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.6. Changes in proportion of urban population (urbanization rate) and GDP per capita, 2000-10
  • 2.7. Rate of urban population growth by income group, 2000-10
  • 2.8. Rate of urban spatial expansion by income group, 2000-10
  • 2.9. East Asia: The 25 largest urban areas by land area, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.10. The 25 largest urban areas by population and land area, 2010
  • 2.11. Urban land by population size category, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.12. Urban population by population size category
  • 2.13. Urban population density by population size category, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.14. Rates of population growth and spatial expansion in urban areas with more than 1 million people, 2000-10
  • 2.15. Urban population density by country, 2000 and 2010
  • 2.16. Urban spatial expansion per additional urban inhabitant, 2000-10
  • 2.17. Urban population density by income group, 2000 and 2010
  • B2.5.1. Contained urban areas
  • B2.5.2. Spillover urban areas
  • B2.5.3. Fragmented urban areas