The global south is entering an ‘Urban Age’ where, for the first time in history, more people will be living in cities than in the countryside. The logics o

For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second

This book examines the challenges of urbanization in the global south and the linkages between urbanization, economic development and urban poverty from the per

The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South provides rigorous comparative analyses, discussing the challenges, processes, best practices,

In Asia, there are a growing number of gigantic megacities, accompanied by a series of speculative and extravagant megaprojects. Amid the fast-paced urban and d