An agenda for making cities fit for people / Inge Kaul and ?er Kirdar -- An urbanizing world / Wally N'Dow -- A globalizing world / Mih?y Simai -- The urban challenge / Reino Hjerppe and Pii Elina Bergh?l -- In the midst of paradoxes : an urban Renaissance? / Louis Emmerij -- Two worlds in one place / Michael A. Cohen -- The transition period to the next millennium / Jorge Wilheim -- Sustainable development and cities / Diana Mitlin and David Satterthwaite -- Cities and citizens : their sustainability / Herbert Girardet -- Sustainable financing / Sixto K. Roxas -- The price of civilization and the dilemma of urbanization / Philip Allott -- The culture of cities and citizens / Paul Streeten -- From vernacularism to globalism / Nezar AlSayyad -- Global common values / Deborah Moldow -- The poor in town and country / Flora Lewis --Putting the poor at the center of urban strategies / Nancy Barry and Celina Kawas -- The urban informal sector within a global economy / Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart -- The role of women citizens / Sylvia Chant -- From women's perspective : globalization, economic growth, and social policies / Noeleen Heyzer -- Women's participation in urban employment / Valentine M. Moghadam -- The future of urban employment / Samir Radwan -- Globalization and urban employment / Azizur Rahman Khan -- The challenge of the informal city / Mariken Vaa -- The state, the society, and individuals / Hazem El-Beblawi -- The need for effective local governance / William Gorham and G. Thomas Kingley -- Globalization and decentralization / Isabelle Hentic -- Local governance : the South Asian scene / K.C. Siva Rama Krishnan -- Citizens, new technologies, and ethics / Ilhan Tekeli -- Cities, new technologies, and globalization / Fu-chen Lo -- A new development paradigm : informatic technologies / Bernard Woods -- Indicators for citizens / Felix Dodds -- A success story of urban planning : Curitiba / Jonas Rabinovitch -- The case of Costa Rica / Fernando Zumbado -- A case of partnership from Asia : Bombay / Nasser Munjee -- The case of China / Weiping Wu -- The case of Accra / Nat Nuno-Amarteifio -- Three stages of globalization : Mombasa / Ali A. Mazrui -- The impact of transition : Hungary / Gyula Bora -- Building blocks for a better world : from Vancouver to Istanbul / ?er Kirdar.