00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-8027390931311449055 Buklod 20250205103903.0 m |o d | ta 241205s2023 xxu r |||| u|eng d 9789819962174 hardbound Ar-2527g Gift; Kelvin C. De Chavez UtOrBLW DARC rda eng TD 159.4 I53 2023 Indo-Pacific smart megacity system emerging architecture and megacity studies T. M. Vinod Kumar, editor . Singapore Springer, 2023 461 pages illustrations (chiefly color), maps 24 cm text rdacontent still image rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements Indo-Pacific Smart Megacity System: Emerging Architecture and Megacity Studies -- Prospects of systems of megacities and individual megacities with respect to the regional economy -- International trade among the megacity systems/countries in its issues and barriers EU 27 and selected Indo-Pacific countries -- Metropolitan Architecture and Sustainable Habitats in The Indo-Pacific Region To Reinforce the Megacity System Through Urban-Rural Patterns -- Japanese Methods for promoting harmonious regionalization in Asia -- Indo-Pacific Smart Megacity System Megacity Studies: Is Kolkata Ready to Be the Gateway to Indo-Pacific Region? -- Positioning of Mumbai in the Indo-Pacific Megacity System: Economic and Transport Opportunities -- Conclusion: Indo-Pacific Smart Megacity System: Emerging Architecture and Megacity Studies his book is an in-depth study of the Indo-Pacific region for effective interventions in the megacities system. First, based on several criteria, the region is identified as homogeneous country groupings of diversity, a multi-polar spatial system, and as program regions of QUAD and I2U2 for action programs and investment transcending many nations but mostly the ocean space of the Indo-Pacific, connecting all megacities sub-regions spatially and functionally. Then, the megacities with problems and prospects for economic integration are studied from the point of view of regional economics and international trade, and finally, the ruralurban interface with case studies of selected countries is presented. Prospects of systems of megacities and individual megacities for regional economies are designed. Existing interconnections through rail, air, and ocean of megacity systems, their capacity, performance, and potential are analyzed for emerging issues. International trade among the megacity systems/countries with emerging issues and barriers are presented. The mobility of money, goods, and services among the systems of megacities is analyzed. Rule-based diplomacy and other emerging options are discussed to sustain the above calls for a study of the Security of the Indo-Pacific region. Finally, the emerging architecture for megacity system governance is also presented. Out of 21 megacities in the Indo-Pacific, an in-depth study of a few in India and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region for effective economic interventions in the megacities system at the city level was studied. COVID-19 has affected most of the countries in the Indo-Pacific. With a contraction of GDP and a GDP growth rate negative, the number below the poverty level increased. Foreign Direct Investment is not forthcoming in any of these countries. Job creation becomes a priority in addition to public health concerns connected with COVID-19 Smart cities. Megacities. FO UPD DARC TD 159.4 I53 2023 Book