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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During much of the period after 1995, the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) for the original six members - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines — continued at between 4 and 7 per cent per ...
In Thailand and Malaysia, however, the proportion engaged in agriculture fell to below 10 per cent. In Singapore, higher-order service employment dominated? These significant changes in the structure of the economy and employment had ...
As Figure 1.1 indicates, all the ASEAN countries with the exception of the Philippines experienced annual growth of GDP per capita in excess of 8 per cent per annum in the period 1965-87, which puts them below the Asian newly ...
City 7 Metro Ring I EMR Ring I Figure 1.4 Population distribution of ASEAN EMRs by percentage, 1960-90. Data from various Southeast Asian Censuses. Note: Does not always total 100 per cent, due to rounding. generally corresponds to the ...
Only Manila city had dropped below 40 per cent of the metropolitan area population by 1980, and this was certainly due to boundary expansion with the creation of the Manila Metropolitan Authority in the early 1970s.
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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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