本书稿汇集了中外学者的14篇论文，从各个角度论述了在全球化背景下亚洲一些大城市如何选择可持续发展模式，特别讨论了上海发展的战略和路径，对于我们思考城市未来如何发展具有积极的参考价值。可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

“上海论坛2008”共识：亚洲在转型中增进社会福祉

Shanghai Forum Consensus 2008：To Promote Asian Social Welfare through Transition

全球化背景下亚洲城市的发展及其挑战——代序

上海全球城市建设中的环境挑战

全球化作用下中国沿海多层次港-城关系的演变过程及其影响

论大上海都市圈

上海的外资R&D活动与自主创新发展

民用机场建设与城市经济发展初探

计算机产业全球生产网络分析——兼论其在中国大陆的发展

全球绿色建筑发展状况与中国：节能建筑政策措施评述和政策建议

Urban Poverty and Governance in Asia：Lessons to be Learnt from China A Comparative Analysis

Inter-City Cooperation and Competition between Hong Kong and Shenzhen：Institutional Constraints and Asymmetric Urban Governance

Creating Edge Cities with Chinese Characteristics：Transforming Global City-Regions in Beijing and Shanghai

The Monetary Compensation Mechanism：An Alternative to the Clean Development Mechanism

How Do We Theorize the Pattern of Technological Transfer Which could Result in “Geese Flying Pattern”of Asian Economic Growth？

Sustainable Development in a Balanced Way：A Case of Thai Tourism

2010 World Expo and Urban Life Quality in terms of Sustainable Development

Demographic，Psychological，and Social Environmental Factors of Loneliness and Satisfaction among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in Shanghai，China