Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables --
Preface --
Introduction 15 --
1. Mexico City P.M. Ward 28 --
2. Bogota A. Gilbert 65 --
3. Tunis R.I. Lawless and A.M Findlay 94 --
4. Lagos B. Ayeni 127 --
5. Tehran V.F. Costello 156 --
6. Bombay C.D. Deshphane and B. Arunachalam 187 --
7. Singapore L.H. Wang and T.H. Tan 218 --
8. Shanghai K.I. Fung and M. Freeberne 250 --
Notes on Contributors 288 --
Index 289 --
List of Figures: Figure I. 1 The Urbanisation Curve 18 --
Figure 1.1 Administrative and Political Boundaries of Mexico City, 1970 30 --
Figure 1.2 Distribution of Irregular (self build) Settlements in Mexico City 1978 44 --
Figure 1.3 Distribution of Socio economic Groups and Family income Levels in 1978 44 --
Figure 1.4 Proposed Land Use in the Federal district Urban development Plan 59 --
Figure 3.1 Tunis : Location and Place Names 96 --
Figure 3.2 The Housing Areas of Tunis 1976 97 --
Figure 3.3 Land Prices in 1976 (Dinars / m2) 103 --
Figure 3.4 The Planned Development of Land Use in the Tunis Conurbation 105 --
Figure 4.1 Metropolitan Lagos 128 --
Figures 4.2 Land Use in Lagos 1979 131 --
Figures 4.3 Patters of Interaction on the Journey to Work in Lagos 1974 142 --
Figure 4.4 The Road Network in Lagos 1979 143 --
Figure 5.1 Comprehensive Plan Tehran 1647 --
Figure 5.2 Land Use in Tehran 1970 169 --
Figure 5.3 Location of the Abbasabad Site 170 --
Figure 5.4 SOFRETU Socio economic Sectors of Tehran 183 --
Figure 6.1 Bombay: The Regional Setting 189 --
Figure 6.2 Morphogenetic Regions of Bombay 190 --
Figure 6.3 Functional and Social Areas of Bombay City 194 --
Figure 6.4 Greater Bombay: Place Locations 196 --
Figure 7.1 Development Plan for the Central Area 226 --
Figure 7.2 Future Transportation Network 234 --
Figure 7.3 Singapore Concept Plan (SCP) 244 --
Figure 7.4 Future Land use Structure 246 --
Figure 8.1 Historical Development of Foreign Settlement in Shanghai 1846 – 1914 251 --
Figure 8.2 Extraterrestrial Expansion of Foreign Settlement in Shanghai 1846-1914 256 --
Figure 8.3 Land use in Shanghai 1930 258 --
Figure 8.4 Suburban Industrial Districts and New Workers’ Villages in Shanghai 266 --
Figure 8.5 Boundary Changes of the Shanghai City Region 270 --
Figure 8.6 Proposed Satellite Towns of Shanghai 1958 273 --
List of Tables:
Table I.1 Percentage of total population in urban localities in the world and eight major areas 1925 2025 15 --
Table I.2 Urban population in the world and eight major areas 1925-2025 16 --
Table I.3 Number of metropolitan areas and average annual growth rate by world region 17 --
Table I.4 Million cities 1950-85 18 --
Table I.5 National characteristics : selected urban, economic and demographic indices 22 --
Table 1.1 Mexico City and the nation : gross internal product by sectors of economic activity 1940-70 (millions of pesos of 1950) 33 --
Table 1.2 Population growth in the metropolitan area of Mexico City 1940 – 75 36-7 --
Table 1.3 Public housing production : total and metropolitan area 1963 – 75 42 --
Table 2.1 Populations of the major Colombian cities 1951 – 73 68 --
Table 2.2 Measures of Bogota’s urban dominance 69 --
Table 2.3 Unemployment in Colombia’s largest cities 71 --
Table 2.4 Social indicators for Bogota 72 --
Table 3.1 Evolution of the population of Tunis and Tunisia 1921 – 75 94 --
Table 3.2 Income distribution among households in Greater Tunis 98 --
Table 3.3 Patterns of residential land use 100 --
Table 3.4 Employment by sector of ‘residents’ in Sadia Manoubia 115 --
Table 3.5 Sectoral distribution of employment in Tunis 116 --
Table 3.6 Industrial development at 31 December 1977 as a result of new foreign owned industrial projects initiated in the period 1973-6 118 --
Table 3.7 Industrial development by sector 1973-6 118 --
Table 4.1 Land area and population growth in Lagos, 1866-1976 127 --
Table 4.2 Federal and state government employment in major employment zones in Lagos, 1975 129 --
Table 4.3 Urban land use in Lagos 1975 130 --
Table 4.5 Housing characteristics in Lagos 1976 135 --
Table 4.6 Housing requirements in metropolitan Lagos 1975-85 136 --
Table 4.7 The nature of household amenities in slum areas of Lagos 1975 136 --
Table 4.8 Percentage distribution of employed people in Lagos according to place of residence and place of work 1975 141 --
Table 4.9 Percentage of workers in residential areas of Lagos who earned more than N2000 and owned cars 1975 141 --
Table 4.10 Sample of unemployed persons by age and sex, Lagos 1975 145 --
Table 5.1 Private households by size and number of rooms occupied 158 --
Table 5.2 Population of Tehran by place of birth, 1956, 1966, 1976 and by sex ratio 161 --
Table 5.3 Employed population of Tehran by major occupational groups 1966 and 1976 162 --
Table 5.4 Employed population of Tehran, 1966 and 1976 and urban Iran 1976 by major industry group 163 --
Table 5.5 Household revenue, car ownership and population of Tehran by sector 182 --
Table 6.1 Population in Greater Bombay, 1901-71 (thousands) 188 --
Table 6.2 (a) Growth of industrial units and workers in Greater Bombay, 1901 – 70 ; (b) industrial composition of Greater Bombay 1970 204 --
Table 6.3 Percentage of total workforce engaged in different urban occupations 1951-71 --
Table 6.4 Modes of commuting in Greater Bombay 207 --
Table 7.1 Population growth in Singapore 218 --
Table 7.2 Public housing development plans under the SIT and HDB 221 --
Table 7.3 Floor area and breakdown cost of different HBD flat types 222 --
Table 7.4 Changes in modal split for work trips in the restricted zone 235 --
Table 7.5 Inbound traffic flow to the restricted zone 236 --
Table 7.6 Changes in some economic parameters, 1960-79 239 --
Table 8.1 Chinese population of foreign settlement 1855-1930 (Shanghai municipal council census returns) 253 --
Table 8.2 Historical development of foreign settlement and concession in Shanghai 254 --
Table 8.3 Average population density in Shanghai, 1930-2 (persons / km2) 257 --
Table 8.4 Natural increase rate of Shanghai’s population 1953-7 279 --
Table 8.5 Increase in average annual wage of workers and other employees 1952-8 (yuan) 280 --