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NEW YORK -- Issues Asia 2003, a Newsweek International special
issue produced in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, examines Asian
"boom towns" and whether the region's urban trend is a blessing or a curse. The
issue, which hits newsstands Monday, October 6, reports that Asia is becoming
predominantly urban in half the time it took Europe and America.
Issues Asia 2003 examines the effects of rapid urbanization in five key
arenas-politics, economics, city planning, society and culture. From
Bangalore to Seoul, the region is undergoing one of the history's most
remarkable transformations: an unceasing tide of urbanization, similar to that
which revolutionized the West in the early 20th century.
It also discusses the effort
of Srikanth Nadhamuni's eGovernments Foundation towards bringing about
transparency in Bangalore's (An urban Indian City) Property Tax Collection
system. Srikanth's Company has developed a software module which enables
Simpler Property Tax payment with
no harassment and improved revenue collection towards better city infrastructure
"Cities can bring the promise of modernity. But they can also bring the curse of
chaos-crime, disease, slums and stagnation," says Newsweek International Editor
Fareed Zakaria. "Asia today has the fastest rate of urbanization in human
history; its prospects will flower or fail in its cities."
Web site: http://www.newsweek.msnbc.com/
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