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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The book evaluates policy options for the planning and development of these large urban regions, bringing together experts from developing and developed countries around the world. T.G. McGee is a professor in the Department of ...
in Singapore, and the Asian Institute of Technology-Canadian International Development Agency (AIT-CIDA) ... presented papers during the conference, of whom fifteen either resided, worked, or taught in developing countries at the time.
The total environmental management system of any country or other administrative unit, including the ASEAN countries, ... deals with different approaches to governance that have evolved in the Third World, including ASEAN countries.
The transactional revolution is also leading to new configurations in the total urban systems of ASEAN countries. ... Firman (1992) shows this corridor developing in Java in an analysis of the 198090 census data.
Finding lower labour costs, away from the industrial core economies, is part of the logic of this process. ... During the 1980s, order-cycle times in developing countries were reduced by 400 per cent and 'just-in-time' (JIT) delivery ...
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Contents
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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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