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Published in 1998,
Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century examines a number of related themes including: the traditional approach of local and regional planning initiatives developed within the context of national goals; the current decline of bi-polar political and ideological blocs; political decentralization and concurrent economic centralization including the growth of multi-national corporations; devolution of centralized planning powers to regions and localities; and the rise and acceptance of sustainable development concepts.
List of contents
1. Currents of Change: Urban Planning and Regional Development,
Frank J. Costa, Allen G. Nobel, Ashok K. Dutt and Robert B. Kent 2. Finnish and American Planning: A Comparative Analysis,
Mauri Palomaki, Frank J. Costa, Allen G. Nobel 3. Regional Planning and Development in Israel as Affected by the Peace Process,
Elisha Efrat 4.Regional Planning and Development as Affected by Tamil Insurgency in Sri Lanka,
Shantha K. Hennayake, Bernard L. Panditharatne 5. Population Dynamics and Planning: China and India,
George M. Pomeroy, Ashok K. Dutt 6. Transportation, Regional Development and Economic Potential in Mexico,
David J. Keeling 7. Shifts in Slum Upgrading Policy in India with Special Reference to Calcutta,
Ashok K. Dutt, Animesh Halder, Chandreyee Mittra 8. Health Planning and the Resurgence of Malaria in Urban India,
Rais Akhtar, Ashok K. Dutt, Vandana Wadhwa 9. Residential Land Development in Highland Ecuador,
Betty E. Smith 10. Sustainable Development in China: Reconciling Modernity with Tradition,
Patrick H. Wirtz and Eric J. Heikkila 11. Tourist Facility Development and Coastal Zone Management in Costa Rica,
Brian Coffey, Bronwyn Irwin, Theresa L. Urban 12. Reflections on Cuban Socialism and Planning in the 'Special Period',
Joseph L. Scapaci 13. The Promotion of Neo-Liberal Industrialization in Third World Countries,
Thomas Klak, Garth Myers 14. Urban Planning and Development in Calcutta: Local and Global Issues,
Christopher Cusack 15. Planning for the City Efficient: The Hong Kong and Macau Experience,
Bruce Taylor 16. Singapore, the Planned City State: Government Intervention in Nation Building,
Victor R. Savage 17. Seven Decades of New Land Planning: The Ijsselmeer Polder Experience,
Coenrad van der Wal 18. Decentralization, Popular Participation and Changing Patterns of Urban and Regional Development in Bolivia,
Robert B. Kent, Edgar Guardia, Olav K. Sibille 19. Future Trends: Globalizm and Regionalizm,
Christopher Cusack.
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Allen G. Noble, Frank J. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt, Robert B. Kent
