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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On the positive side, there is evidence that household incomes are increasing. As well, employment opportunities abound, especially for young women. Moreover, an increasing proportion of population, housing, and industry and up to 40 ...
Thus most of the population increase in ASEAN over the next twenty-five years' will occur in areas defined as urban. In a similar manner to the developed countries, ASEAN will experience an urban transition.
... growth in export-oriented manufacturing in the 1990s and early twentyfirst century. Increased local and regional demand within the ASEAN market also led to the production of an increasing volume and variety of consumer goods.
These significant changes in the structure of the economy and employment had provided the basis for a substantial increase in household income, which now averaged $6,000 per household at constant 1990 prices. Growth of income had been ...
At least one symptom of change is a more than 10 per cent increase in the level of urbanization in most cases. By 2000, the proportion of urban population will have increased even more, to almost 40 per cent, or about 155 million people ...
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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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