Maps

The 1980 Atlas of Children in National Development is a first attempt to place the situation of children in the perspective of overall development through graphical representation of selected indicators.

The information presented has many sources; more than five hundred studies, reports and publications have been utilized. Often there existed several values for the same indicator. A choice had to be made. Consequently, the data presented do not always represent official Government statistics; the responsibility rests with the ESCAP and UNICEF secretariats and do not necessarily express the views of the Governments, the Commission or the Governing Bodies of UNICEF.

The Atlas constitutes the illustrative component of the review and study of the human settlements situation in the ESCAP region undertaken as part of the secretariat’s work programme for 1982-1984. It is aimed at incorporating information on conditions experienced by member countries and providing a basis on which to measure growth and development within the region.

The Atlas is prepared and published in four parts so as to provide a broad profile of human settlements at the regional, country, city, and community levels, covering 39 member and associate member countries and areas situated within the ESCAP region. The present volume which is the third in the series of four gives an overview of the human settlements situation at the urban and city levels.

Part I: “Asia and the Pacific” gives a broad overview of human settlements conditions and trends within the region as well as in the global context. Attempts have been made to draw attention to a range of conditions and styles of development in various countries or areas.
Part II: “Country Profiles” contains a brief perspective of the situation in specific countries or areas.
Part III: “Urbanization and City Profiles” provid?s a comparative assessment of the human settlements profile of fifteen selected cities.
Part IV: “Community Profiles” illustrats examples of typical communities found in the region dealing with area-specific issues relevant to human settlements.

The Atlas constitutes the illustrative component of the review and study of the human settlements situation in the ESCAP region undertaken as part of the secretariat?s work programme for 1982-1984. It is aimed at incorporating information on conditions experienced by member countries and providing a basis on which to measure growth and development within the region.

The Atlas is prepared and published in four parts so as to provide a broad profile of human settlements at the regional, country, city, and community levels, covering 39 member and associate member countries and areas situated within the ESCAP region. The present volume which is the third in the series of four gives an overview of the human settlements situation at the urban and city levels.

Part I: ?Asia and the Pacific? gives a broad overview of human settlements conditions and trends within the region as well as in the global context. Attempts have been made to draw attention to a range of conditions and styles of development in various countries or areas.

Part II: ?Country Profiles? contains a brief perspective of the situation in specific countries or areas.

Part III: ?Urbanization and City Profiles? provid?s a comparative assessment of the human settlements profile of fifteen selected cities.

Part IV: ?Community Profiles? illustrates examples of typical communities found in the region dealing with area-specific issues relevant to human settlements.

In preparing the Human Settlements Atlas for Asia and the Pacific, efforts have been made to illustrate various aspects of the human settlements situation in the region. The term “human settlements” as used in the Atlas is based on an integrated concept of human settlements including the totality of human community, whether city, town or village, with all the social, material, organizational, economic, spiritual and cultural elements that sustain it. These include, inter alia, the basic requirements for food, shelter, employment, health, services, environmental hygine, water, energy, transport, communications, education and recreation.

The Atlas is organized and published in four parts so as to present a comprehensive profile of human settlements at the regional, country, city and community levels.
Part I : “Asia and the Pacific” gives a broad overview of human settlements conditions and trends within the region as well as in the global context. Attempts have been made to draw attention to a range of conditions and styles of development in various countries or areas.
Part II : “Country Profiles” contains a brief perspective of the situation in specific countries or areas.
Part III : “Urbanization and City Profiles” provides a comparative assessment of the human settlements profile of the fifteen selected cities.
Part IV : “Community Profiles” illustrates examples of typical communities found in the region, dealing with area specific issues relevant to human settlements.

The schematic representation of TAR network is made available by the secretariat as a reference illustrating the general coverage of the routes covered by the TAR network.

Note: The rail network on these maps reflects the routes as designated by the Parties in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network.

To date the AH network comprises of slightly over 125,000 km of roads that have been selected for their potential to serve international trade within the ESCAP region as well as between Asia and Europe.

The schematic representation of AH network is made available by the secretariat as a reference illustrating the general coverage of the routes covered by the AH network.

Note: The road network on these maps reflects the routes as designated by the Parties in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network.