The Extended Metropolis: Settlement Transition in Asia

by Norton Sydney Ginsburg, Bruce Koppel

Asian urbanization is entering a new phase that differs significantly from the patterns of city growth experienced in other developing countries and in the developed world. According to a recent hypothesis, zones of intensive economic interaction between rural and urban activities are emerging. The zones appear to be a new form of socioeconomic organization that is neither rural nor urban, but preserves essential ingredients of each.

339 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1991