The mega-urban regions of Southeast Asia

Maps and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments Part 1: Overview and Issues1. Metrofitting the Emerging Mega-Urban Regions of ASEAN: AnOverview2. Mega-Urbanization in ASEAN: New Phenomenon or Transitional Phaseto the 'Los Angeles World City'? Part 2: Processes Creating Mega-Urban Regions inASEAN3. Global Interdependence and Urbanization: Planning for the BangkokMega-Urban Region4. Emerging Spatial Patterns in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions:Alternative Strategies5. ASEAN Urban Housing Sector Performance: A ComparativePerspective6. Housing Women Factory Workers in the Northern Corridor of theBangkok Metropolitan Region7. Moving Goods, People, and Information: Putting the ASEANMega-Urban Regions in Context8. Gridlock in the Slopopolis: Congestion Management and SustainableDevelopment9. The Roles and Contributions of the Private Sector inEnvironmental Management in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions10. The Governance of Mega-Urban Regions11. Developing Management Responses for Mega-Urban Regions Part 3: Case Studies of ASEAN Mega-UrbanRegions12. The Johor-Singapore-Riau Growth Triangle: The Effect of EconomicIntegration13. The Metro Manila Mega-Region14. Problems and Challenges of Mega-Urban Regions in Indonesia: TheCase of Jabotabek and the Bandung Metropolitan Area15. Challenges of Superinduced Development: The Mega-Urban Region ofKuala Lumpur-Klang Valley16. The Bangkok Metropolitan Region: Policies and Issues in theSeventh Plan Part 4: Conclusions and Policy Implications17. ASEAN Mega-Urbanization: A Synthesis ReferencesContributorsIndex