Overview
- Offers a wide and multidisciplinary group of case studies from rapidly growing megacities (with a population of more than 5 million) from developed and developing countries of Asia
- Examines issues related to the problems of Japanese, Indian, and Chinese megacities
- Provides information on a comprehensive range of environmental threats faced by the inhabitants of megacities
Part of the book series: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (AGES)
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Indian Experiences
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Chinese Experiences
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Book Title: Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resilience in Asian Mega Cities
Editors: R.B. Singh
Series Title: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55043-3
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Japan KK 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55042-6Published: 04 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56211-5Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55043-3Published: 16 October 2014
Series ISSN: 2198-3542
Series E-ISSN: 2198-3550
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 488
Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 85 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, Climate Change Management and Policy