The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South

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).

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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