Contents -- Preface -- Global Integration, Regional Development, and the Dynamics of Urbanization: An Introduction -- Part I Global Systems and the New Dynamics -- Finance, Financial Regulation, and Economic Development: An International Perspective -- Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Urbanization in Developing Countries -- Global Environmental Imperatives and Institutions to Ensure Sustainability -- Part II East Asia and Globalization -- The Greater China Growth Triangle in the Asian Financial Crisis -- Regional Development Policies in Brazil, China, and Indonesia -- The Impact of Globalization on China's Economy -- Globalization and Urbanization in the Republic of Korea -- Cities and Governments -- Urban Governance and Politics in a Global Context: The Growing Importance of Localities -- Crime As a Social Cost of Poverty and Inequality: A Review Focusing on Developing Countries -- Urban Poverty: Some Thoughts About its Scale and Nature and About Responses to It -- Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Age of Globalization in Pacific Asia -- Financing of Subnational Public Investment in India -- Analysis of Spatial Organization and Transportation Demand in an Expanding Urban Area: Sendai, Japan, 1972Ò 92.