Planning for a Fast Metropolizing Developing Economy

This forthcoming research examines the planning challenge posed by rapid metropolitan expansion in developing economies, where urbanization, infrastructure demand, and institutional capacity rarely move at the same pace. The project is concerned with how cities absorb growth pressures and what kinds of planning strategies are required when land use, mobility systems, and public-service provision are all under simultaneous strain.

The analysis approaches urban growth as a coordination problem rather than a simple engineering one. It considers how transport, residential development, and economic concentration interact over time, and why planning failures often emerge not from the absence of growth, but from the inability of public systems to accommodate it coherently. The project is especially relevant for cities experiencing fast structural transformation without the luxury of gradual adjustment.