Mega Urban Regions of Southeast AsiaA distinguishing feature of recent urbanization in the ASEAN countries of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia is the outward extension of their mega-cities (Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur) beyond the metropolitan borders, resulting in the establishment of new towns, industrial estates, and housing projects in previously rural areas. This process has both positive and negative effects. On one side, household incomes and employment opportunities are increasing, but on the other, the growth often causes serious problems in terms of environmental deterioration, conflicting land uses, and inadequate housing and service provisions. Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia is the first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions. The contributors review T.G. McGee's original idea of desakota zones, and offer arguments both for and against this concept, making a significant contribution to our understanding of the true face of ASEAN cities. The book brings together authors from around the world and will be of interest to a wide audience, including demographers, urban planners, geographers, sociologists, economists, civil servants and development consultants. |
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Potentially, such growth offers an encouraging opportunity for Indonesia and southern peninsular Malaysia to benefit from the fast increasing wealth of Singapore.“ Second is the case of Kuala Lumpur. The EMR can be compared with Seoul ...
... the former therefore benefit at the expense of rural regions. While this is certainly true in some cases, it is also correct that the agglomeration economies of urban areas reduce transaction costs, and the greater productivity of ...
As part of the Singapore Growth Triangle, however, Singapore would benefit from the growth of population and economic activity in its hinterland. See McGee (1989b, 1991) and McGee and Yeung (1993). Unfortunately, I cannot document this ...
Of course, such an approach requires public-sector guidance if expected benefits are to be achieved. Privatization and related systems such as BOT should occur within a systematic framework based on clear goals for the mega-urban region ...
Projects located in the BMR, or Zone 1, were to receive the fewest benefits while those located in Zones 2 (the outer ring of the BMR) and 3 (all other areas) were to receive the most. Projects in Zone 1, for example, were to receive no ...
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Contents
| 43 | |
Case Studies of ASEAN MegaUrban Regions | 267 |
Conclusions and Policy Implications | 341 |
References | 356 |
Contributors | 374 |
Index | 376 |
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The Mega-urban Regions of Southeast Asia Terence Gary McGee,T. G. McGee,Ira M. Robinson No preview available - 1995 |
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| Title | Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia Urbanization in Asia Series |
| Editor | Ira M. Robinson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | UBC Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0774842644, 9780774842648 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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