First published in 1999, this volume begins with a panoramic survey by Nigel Harris of the drama of Asian Urbanization, based on the inaugural plenary lecture he gave to the 5th Asian Urbanization Conference held in London. '...excellent up to date information, fascinating individual insights, multitudes of detailed case studies, leading edge theorising...fascinating and complex contribution to understanding a large complex phenomenon...provides a very wide range of current data and case study material in accessible form, ideal for A-level or undergraduate urban or development studies course leaders...' Geography [Joint review of volumes 1 and 2] '...a wide and rich range of up-to-date case study materials, these two volumes are a welcome new source to students who are looking for precisely such materials...these volumes should be on the shelves of the library of any university with courses in urban development in developing areas and/or development studies.' Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 'If there's a medal for editorship, then maybe Graham Chapman, Ashok Dutt and Bob Bradnock should be on the shortlist...These two books are important because they represent such a diversity of research from such a range of scholars...the books do provide an insight into the issues that are concentrating minds of urban scholars from Tehran to Tokuyama and from Cambridge to Connecticut.' The Geographical Journal '...in the next thirty years more than 500 million people will move from the countryside to the cities of this vast region...The sweep of challenges such a movement portends is well covered in these two volumes...' Urban Geography