Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development [electronic resource] : Approaches for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Asian Cities / edited by Mitsuhiko Kawakami, Zhen-jiang Shen, Jen-te Pai, Xiao-lu Gao, Ming Zhang.

Part 1 Urbanization and Sustainable Society - Section Urbanization and planning approach -- Part 2 Urbanization and Sustainable Society - Section Housing and Transportation -- Part 3 Landscape and Ecological System, Sustainable Development - Section Green design and landscape -- Part 4 Landscape and Ecological System, Sustainable Development - Section Agriculture and ecological system -- Part 5 Landscape and Ecological System, Sustainable Development -  Section Vulnerability of urban system.

This book attempts to provide insights into the achievement of a sustainable urban form, through spatial planning and implementation; here, we focus on planning experiences at the levels of local cities and some metropolitan areas in Asian countries. This book investigates the impact of planning policy on spatial planning implementation, from multidisciplinary viewpoints encompassing land-use patterns, housing development, transportation, green design, and agricultural and ecological systems in the urbanization process. We seek to learn from researchers in an integrated multidisciplinary platform that reflects a variety of perspectives—such as economic development, social equality, and ecological protection—with a view to achieving a sustainable urban form.