Description
Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and well-being vary across social classes and cities.
Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provide a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban well-being. It explores the characteristics and complexities of urban well-being of lower and middle classes in Asian megacities. The book explains that social setting and socioeconomic condition of individuals and households play a critical role in urban well-being. It offers insights on the vulnerabilities and resilience of urban populations and the intertwined dynamics of social networks and what they mean for individual well-being.
This book will be a useful reference for students, researchers and academics in urban studies, Asian studies or development studies.
Table of Contents
1.Urban Risk and Well-Being in Asian Megacities, Tamaki Endo and Momoyo Shibuya 2. Megacities matter: Socioeconomic dynamics and subjective well-being in three megacities, Tamaki Endo and Momoyo Shibuya 3. Asian Megacity Survey on Well-Being, Momoyo Shibuya 4. Understanding urban well-being from a historical perspective, Asuka Imaizumi 5. Perceived and Experienced Urban Risks and Life Difficulties: Past, Present, and Future, Tamaki Endo 6. The Networks of Received and Anticipated Supports as a Risk Response to Urban Life in Asia, Momoyo Shibuya 7. Life Satisfaction and Social Security in Three Megacities, Masato Miyazaki 8. Towards better urban well-being in Asian megacities, Momoyo Shibuya and Tamaki Endo
