The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South

Cities are now home to 55% of the world's population, and that number is rising. Urban populations across the world will continue to grow, including in megacities with populations over ten million. In 2016 there were 31 megacities globally, according to the United Nations' World Cities Report, with 24 of those cities located in the Global South. That number is expected to rise to 41 by 2030, with all ten new megacities in the Global South where the processes of urbanization are intrinsically distinct from those in the Global North. The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South provides rigorous comparative analyses, discussing the challenges, processes, best practices, and initiatives of urbanization in Middle America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. This book is indispensable reading for students and scholars of urban planning, and its significance as a resource will only continue to grow as urbanization reshapes the global population.

Deden Rukmana is Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Regional Planning at Alabama A&M University. He received a PhD degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University and completed Master's degrees at the University of Southern California and Bandung Institute of Technology. His research centers on health disparities, homelessness, and poverty in the US, and spatial planning, housing, and development challenges in Indonesia. His work appears in journals such as International Planning Studies and Planning, Practice & Research. He also served as Co-Chair of the Global Planning Educators Interest Group of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (2015-2017).

Introduction Deden Rukmana Part I - Managing the urban growth - The third wave of sprawl: the dynamics of peripheral growth in Buenos Aires Nora Libertun de Duren - Development of the Ho Chi Minh City megaregion in historical context: Doi Moi, planning and real estate Thanh B. Nguyen, James H. Spencer and Tuan N. Pham - Planning Chongqing: between rural and urban Asa Roast - A political-economic analysis of urban growth in Lahore Nasir Javed - Simulation and modelling the urban dynamics in Bangalore T.V. Ramachandra, H.A. Bharath, S. Vinay, and M.C. Chandan Part II - Shaping the future: the legacy of spatial planning and master plans - Strategic planning and the challenges of spatial transformation in Johannesburg Philip Harrison and Alison Todes - Spatial planning and development strategies in Dar es Salaam Philip Omunga - Visioning urban growth in Chengdu: negotiation between local and central government Yiping Fang and Zhenming Wu - Revisioning the sustainable megacity: the case of Wuhan Dan Zhu and Michael Kung Part III - Connecting the places: transportation and infrastructure challenges and strategies - Transportion planning and development in Bogotá: balancing the urgent and the strategic Daniel Oviedo and Luis Guzman - Dynamics of commuting patterns during the period of rapid social transition in Beijing Yunlei Qi and Tieshan Sun - Spatial transformation and debates on urban democracy: the case of Minhocão elevated highway, São Paulo Laura Belik Part IV - Confronting urban dualism in housing provision - Contradictions between global spaces and informal marginal settlements: the case of Kolkata Siddhartha Sen and Sudeshna Ghosh - Megacities and slums: learning from Delhi's experience Susmita Rishi and Shruti Syal - Political and administrative constraints to housing provision in Karachi Faisal Shaheen Part V - Planning for resilience - Two decades of planning for earthquake resilience in Istanbul Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Deniz Ay, Basak Demires-Özkul - Urban resilience and sustainable development trajectories: Insights from Dhaka Saleh Ahmed - Climate adaptation policy development in the context of climate change and urbanization in Bangkok Nurrohman Wijaya - Master plan of the sponge city construction in Shenzhen Jian Liu, Na Li, and Lu Yu Part VI - Democratizing planning processes - Dreaming the rational planning: participatory planning practices in São Paulo Nilton Ricoy Torres - The emergence of participatory budgeting in Mexico City Steven Schmidt and Jason C. Mueller - Institutional continuity and change: development control and regulatory detailed plan amendments in Beijing Lei Zhang - Participatory governance in mitigating annual floods in Jakarta Deden Rukmana and Galuh Syahbana Indraprahasta Part VII - Planning megacities in the Global South: challenges, reconfigurations and initiatives - Challenges in managing urban growth: the case of Cairo Amal K. Ali - Planning reconfigurations in a mega-event context: the case of Rio de Janeiro Abigail Friendly - Planning initiatives and best practices in Ahmedabad Jay Mittal and Sweta Byahut - Community governance in China's land expropriation-induced resettlement neighborhoods: the case of Shanghai Shuping Zhang and Zhu Qian - Urban Planning Practices in Lagos Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Taibat O. Lawanson and Abubakar S. Usman - Modernity and colonization in an African megacity: the case of Luanda Ana Vaz Milheiro