The population of Shanghai city: the present situation, some problems, and our recommendations]

A summary is presented of the history of Shanghai's population growth and the accompanying problems relative to high density, employment, housing, and transportation. Some suggestions for controlling Shanghai's population growth are made, including the need to accomodate population growth in national economic planning, to adopt effective measures to lower the birth rate in the suburbs, and to establish an organization with city-wide authority to develop population policy and to handle all population-related problems.