Publisher's Synopsis
The development of new towns in east and south-east Asia is largely a phenomenon of the last forty years. The alleviation of population pressure in the large cities has been a major objective of new towns in the region, but they have also been developed to stimulate economic and industrial growth in under-developed areas. This book provides a study of the variety of planning objectives and principles, characteristics and problems on new town development in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, China and the Philippines.;Urban and regional geographers; planners.
