Contributed papers presented at the International Seminar on "Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development" held in Delhi in 1995, organized by the Human Settlements Management Institute (HSMI) and the Indian Human Settlements Program (IHSP).

This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners.

In 1998 the author of this book undertook a research visit to South East Asia to analyse and assess the capacity of certain selected states to develop and maintain sustainable public services delivery systems in their territory.