How do we then look at Asia's evolving urban future over the next 30-50 years? How will it be different from the experience of the last half century?
The one key difference is that with increasing globalisation and ever higher levels of income that the region as a whole is now blessed with, the residents of Asian cities will now be much more demanding relative to their predecessors in terms of the quality of urban services that they deem to be their right and the urban amenities of living that are now seen as normal.