title: Asian megacity characteristics, problems, and policies.
abstract: "Using ten Asian megacities as examples, this article discusses a range of megacity characteristics and problems, including population growth, economic structure, spatial strategies, land policy, urban service provision, institutional development, and managerial problems.  In spite of major progress in urban service delivery, ineffective land policies and inadequate cost-recovery systems remain serious obstacles.  Megacities need and are promoting policentric spatial structures, but implementation lags in many cases.  Institutional reforms are needed to cope with the metropolitan region character of megacity growth."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Geographic Factors; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization