Asian Urban Information Center of Kobe International NGO
Established in 1989
Supported by UNFPA and
the Kobe City Government

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Report on the Asian Urban Inquiry, 1989-90

PREFACE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 
I. INTRODUCTION
  1. Enquiry Aims and Procedures
  2. Country Profiles
II. DESCRIPTIONS
  1. Population Size
  2. Area and Density 
  3. Reported Current Rates and Sources of City Growth
  4. Administrators' Perceptions of Growth
 
III. ASSESSING URBAN CONDITIONS
  1. The Method
  2. Basic Descriptions
Overall Scores 
Country Scores 
Problem Area Scores
Housing Scores 
Individual Problem Scores 
Health, Family Planning, and Education 
The Personnel Paradox and the Problem of Centralization
  1. Problems and Data Needs
Top Three Problems
Data Needs
  1. City Projects 
  1. Problem Interrelationships and Determinants 
Size and Problem Scores 
Growth and Problem Scores 
Problem Perception 
  1. Objective Indicators
Korea 
a. Traffic Volume
b. High School Education 
c. Budget 
d. Sewage 
Japan 
a. Sewage 
b. Personnel Quantity 
c. Hospital Care 
Conclusion 
 
Appendix  I.   Internal Reliability Checks
Appendix  II.   List of Cities with Size, Area, Growth
Appendix III.   Maps Showing City Locations
Appendix IV.   Scores of Major Problems for All Cities

Appendix V.   Scores of Major Problems for Japanese cities


LIST OF TABLES

  1. Number of Replies
  2. Country Profiles: Indicatiors of Socio-Economic Change 1965-1988
  3. Population Size of 128 Asian Cities
  4. Area and Density of 124 Asian Cities 
  5. Reported Current Urban Growth Rates, 1989
  6. Administrators' Judgements of Population Movement
  7. Perceptions of A Problem in Migration
  8. Perceptions of Migration Problems and Flows
  9. Mean Scores for Urban Conditions
  10. Mean Scores for Housing Problems
  11. Most Important Problems Identified by Administrators
  12. Numbers of Urban Projects
  13. Objective Conditions and Problem Scores for KOREA
  14. Objective Conditions and Problem Scores for JAPAN

LIST OF FIGURES

    A - H.    Country Profiles:Indicatiors of Change 1965-1988 
    1 - 3.   Perceptions of Urban Migration Flows
    4 - 9.    Urban Problem Scores
    10.     Housing Scores


CONTENTS


PREFACE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. INTRODUCTION

II. DESCRIPTIONS

III. ASSESSING URBAN CONDITIONS

Appendix