East-West Center2020-05-082020-05-082008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/3935514This article is made of Section I and Section III of the East-West Center Seminar report on "The Urban Transformation in Asia" (EWC, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-13 August 2008). It is published here with gratitude by permission of the Centre.engAll rights reservedurban transformationdecentralizationPolitical ethicsArticle