The Challenge of Making Cities Liveable in East Asia

The following sections are included:

• Contents
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Introduction: Urbanisation and Development — An Overview

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The liveable city outcomes
• Integrated master planning: implicit principles
• Dynamic urban governance
• Conclusion

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Evolution of urban planning in Singapore
• The concept plan and the master plan
• Some new developments
• Some unique features of Singapore's urban planning

The following sections are included:

• Overview of Urbanisation in Vietnam
• Key features and phases of Vietnamese urbanisation strategy
• Achievements, problems and challenges
• Concluding remarks and points to consider
• Regional cooperation in solving urbanisation problems in APT countries

Managing urban growth requires leaders to plan ahead using national physical plans that safeguard land for utilities and physical infrastructure decades in advance, incorporate transport networks (including strategic seaports, controlled expressways and, if necessary, railway extension to the suburbs) to induce factor mobility, and actively pursue urban renewal following slum clearance. Given this, it appears that Philippine urban development planning and implementation have overly focused on housing and neglected other types of physical infrastructure. Moreover, the urban development plans of local government units are fragmented and lack complementarity. This article traces the roots of this state of affairs, proposes alternative ways of responding to the urbanisation challenges in the Philippines, and discusses how regional cooperation among ASEAN Plus Three countries can help countries like the Philippines respond to urbanisation challenges.

The following sections are included:

• Malaysia's phases of urbanisation
• Malaysia's urban landscape in the 21st century
• Towards building vibrant and liveable cities
• The challenges for Malaysia
• East Asia urbanisation strategy?

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The impetus of the new urbanisation programme
• The form of the new urbanisation programme
• Discussions and implications

As the world's largest developing country, China's urbanisation has attracted much global attention and interest. As pace of urbanisation accelerates, China also faces many new problems and issues at the same time, among which food security is one of the most important to be addressed urgently. Since early 2014, China has launched a new urbanisation strategy and made every effort to safeguard and achieve food security for a balanced, sustainable and inclusive development of urbanisation.

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Features of urbanisation in Korea
• Achievements and challenges of urbanisation in Korea
• New developments
• Future research cooperation for a healthier city

The following sections are included:

• Urbanisation in Japan
• Water, sanitation and transportation
• Extending Japanese experiences abroad
• Water is life

The following sections is included:

• Index