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The article examines the proposed Smart Growth Management Plan in Central Ontario. It is stated that the plan proposes several objectives including protecting the green space, reducing traffic congestion and increasing the economic viability of the cities. According to the author, the Province of Ontario is considering the plan as a significant step in maintaining and increasing the competitiveness of the Golden Horseshoe Region. He denotes that the plan may increase and decrease the vulnerability of the area to climate change.

The article provides an overview of the plan for the future of Basque cities. It showcases the use of the applied science of human settlement development planning or ekistics. It recaps an updated attempt to explore the extent of Basque's model of human planning history that will provide a useful understanding of the subject matter in specific regions elsewhere in the world. This also offers tentative decisions, which become a synthesis of the present practice and trends and of the major ekistic dimensions as it applies to this planning region of Europe.

Focuses on the nature and process of regionalization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Context of the Regional Green Plan and the Integral Development Plan for the Coasts projects; Proposals for the metropolitan and municipal planning; Impact of centralization on the region; Determination of the environmental, demographic and social problems associated in regionalization.

Analyzes transformation within the Mekong Delta (MD) region as well as the evolving relationship between the region and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during the present round of urbanization. Three regional development scenarios in the MD master plan project; Promotion of regional development which fosters the existing relationship between MD and its urban center.

Focuses on the conflicts between central and small cities in the developing Southern Jiangsu Region of China. Competition for natural resources and space resulting from the expansion of central cities and the upsurge of small cities; Extension of the urban-rural conflict; Coordination of regional development; Restructuring of the system of urban management; Regional planning coordination.

Focuses on the dilemma faced by urban and regional planning in light of pressures from globalization and decentralization. Implications of regionalization at a global scale; Defining a new agenda for the discipline.

Analyzes the patterns of urbanization in Saudi Arabia. Regional comparison of urban primacy patterns; Regional planning in Saudi Arabia; Factors that influence urban concentration.

Discusses the public participation on regional and urban planning in Israel. Citizen and community participation as a precondition for project implementation; Attitudes toward public participation in planning; Patterns of citizen participation; Role of the media.

Focuses on the regional planning operations undertaken by the government of Greece in the 1980s. Steps taken in the planning process; Problems during the implementation of the plan; Policies and proposals in the plans; Strategies for development.

Examines the development of urban network in the Russian Federation and the problems in human settlement structure. Regional planning in the Federation; Influence of population growth in urban planning; Problems in urban development; Development of the science and nuclear cities.

Describes the general development concept guiding the long-term master plan for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to the year 2010. Specific major planning priorities which would eventually lead to a non-centralized metropolis; Address of issues related to regional socio-economic planning and national urban development strategies.

The article focuses on the need to develop rural and semi-urban settlements, for the overall success of a city as a human settlement within a wider national context. Problems of over-population, environmental degradation and strained infrastructure, facilities, and basic services in poorer countries may not be the result of ineffective city planning only but may also be related to the poor state of the rural and semi-urban settlements. Aside from providing a better quality of life to the poor and less powerful members of society, improving these rural settlements would also enhance the main cities' ability to cope with their problems and to advance the living conditions of their own citizens.

Introduces the 1996 Beijing, China international conference `Towards a Sustainable Urban Future: Mega-Cities, Regional Development and Planning, and a series of articles presented at the conference based on the findings of the Asian Urban Research Network project. Need for the study of mega-cities and mega-city regions.

The article presents the author's assessment of the symposion entitled "Success of the City in the 21st Century" in Berlin, Germany. He emphasized different things to be considered and to be prioritized to attain the success of the city. The discussions include providing an important recognition of the spirit of the individual in the city life. He suggested that there should be a serious thinking for the way mankind is continuing to impact adversely on the nature in the city. As a reference to ekistic theory and practice, social sustainability should be identified as a needed focus. Traditional and cultural settlement models should be recognized in application to city building.