Part 1: the growth of mega-cities 1. Growth of the world's megalopolises / Nancy Yu-ping Chen and Larry Heligman -- 2. Demographic issues and data needs for mega-city research / Sidney Goldstein -- 3. Labour force change and mobility in the extended metropolitan regions of Asia / T.G. McGee -- 4. The impacts of current global adjustment and shifting techno-economic paradigm on the world city system / Fu-chen Lo -- 5. Techology and the city / George Bugliarello -- Part 2: Economic and social consequences of mega-city growth, 6. The redistributive role of mega-cities / Laurent Davezies and Remy Prud'homme -- 7. Economic impacts of third world mega-cities : Is size the issue? / Andrew Marshall Hamer -- 8. Social and welfare impacts of mega-city development / Aprodicio Laquian -- 9. Impacts of mega-city growth on families and households / Eleonora Barbieri Masini -- Part 3: Mega-city management policies, 10. Mega-city management and innovation strategies : regional views / Ellen Brennan -- 11. Financing infrastructure in developing country mega-cities / Johannes F. Linn and Deborah L. Wetzel -- 12. Land and shelter in mega-cities : some critical issues / Alan Gilbert -- 13. Six strategic decisions for transportation in mega-cities / Ralph Gkenheimer -- 14. The dual challenge of poverty and mega-cities : an assessment of issues and strategies / Om Prakash Mathur -- 15. Myths of environmental management and the urban poor / Yok-shiu F. Lee -- 16. Priority urban management issues in developing countries : the research agenda for the 1990s / G. Shabbir Cheema.