Planning the Future: Melanesian Cities in 2010

Abstract

This monograph, Planning the future: Melanesian cities in 2010, is one in a series which has been commissioned as part of the National Centre for Development Studies project Pacific 2010. As with associated publications, it seeks to highlight the consequences of failing to recognise and plan for the effects of population growth in the island states of the South Pacific over the next two decades. The challenge of planning for the long-term needs of Pacific states is directed not only to the island leaders but also to those in the metropolitan countries responsible for the design and delivery of all forms of overseas development assistance. The objective of Pacific 2010, and the publications which it has initiated, is to present in a clear, focused manner some of the issues which are believed to be of importance to the region's future.