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Book SynopsisThis book explores significant aspects of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region, and presents, from different contexts and perspectives, innovative interventions afoot for transforming the governance of 21st-century cities in two key areas: (i) urban planning and policy; and (ii) service delivery and social inclusion. Representing institutions across a wide geography, academic researchers and development practitioners from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America have authored the chapters that lend the volume its distinctly diverse topical foci. Based on a wide range of cases and intriguing experiences, this collection is a uniquely valuable resource for everyone interested in the present and future of cities and urban regions in Asia-Pacific.
Table of ContentsForeword
President of the East-West Center
Preface
Bharat Dahiya and Ashok Das
Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: The New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific
Bharat Dahiya and Ashok Das
Chapter 2: Resilience-Based Urban Disaster Management
Allen Clark
Section 2: Urban Planning and Policy
Chapter 3: From Urban Policy Making to Implementation: Reviving Riverine Urban Community of Amphawa, Thailand
Bharat Dahiya and Wichaya Komin
Chapter 4: Integrating Urban and Rural Development (IURD) through Governance Program in China's Megacities: A Suzhou Model
Min Zhao, Chenhao Fang, Chen Chen, Richard LeGates
Chapter 5: Case study (India)
Debolina Kundu
Chapter 6: Urban Planning, Policy and Governance Challenges: A Case Study of Megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Salahuddin Aminuzzaman
Chapter 7: Urban Governance Challenges and Reforms in Indonesia
Wilmar Salim
Chapter 8: Issues in Urban Planning and Policy: Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan
Nasir Javed and Asad Jan
Section 3: Innovations in Service Delivery and Access toward Social Inclusion
Chapter 9: Financing Local Infrastructure and Public Services—A Township Case in Suburban Suzhou
Xu Chen, Min Zhao, Richard LeGates
Chapter 10: Urban Governance in Australia: A case study of Brisbane city
Bhishna Bajracharya and Shahed Khan
Chapter 11: Re-thinking, re-form and re-imagine urban planning in Indonesia: Kota Kita and Community Participation in Cities
John Taylor
Chapter 12: The Changing Role of Voluntary Regional Organisations in Australia: A case study from Perth
Shahed Khan and Bhishna Bajracharya
Chapter 13: Urban Service Delivery and Access: The special case of Brunei Darussalam
Pushpa Thambipillai and Li Li Pang
Chapter 14: Guizhou Province’s Six Action Plan Program for Rural Infrastructure
Feng Luan, Haiyan Zou, Hui XI, Ben Yang
Chapter 15: The political economy of urban governance in Asian cities - delivering water, sanitation and solid waste management services
Hashim Zaidi, Ammar Malik and Jamie Boex
Chapter 16: Relevant practices for social inclusion by local governments
Björn Moller
Section 4: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories
Chapter 17: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories
Ashok Das and Bharat Dahiya
