Since the begining of this year, once with the new form of the journal, we have exerted every effort to make TERUM a quality publication that provides an international forum for researchers who are concerned with urban management.

In the last decade we have assisted at a spectacular transformation of the human settlements, as more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This transformation acquired significant magnitude in Asia. In 1950, Asia had only one city with a population of more than 10 millions...