Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia

Herausgeber: Robinson, Ira M

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Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780774805483
• ISBN-10: 077480548X
• Artikelnr.: 41607546

Autorenporträt

T.G. McGee is a professor in the Department ofGeography at the University of British Columbia and Director of itsInstitute of Asian Research. Ira M. Robinson isprofessor emeritus of urban planning at the University of Calgary.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
 
Part 1: Overview and Issues
1. Metrofitting the Emerging Mega-Urban Regions of ASEAN: AnOverview
2. Mega-Urbanization in ASEAN: New Phenomenon or Transitional Phaseto the
'Los Angeles World City'?
 
Part 2: Processes Creating Mega-Urban Regions inASEAN
3. Global Interdependence and Urbanization: Planning for the
BangkokMega-Urban Region
4. Emerging Spatial Patterns in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions:Alternative
Strategies
5. ASEAN Urban Housing Sector Performance: A ComparativePerspective
6. Housing Women Factory Workers in the Northern Corridor of theBangkok
Metropolitan Region
7. Moving Goods, People, and Information: Putting the ASEANMega-Urban
Regions in Context
8. Gridlock in the Slopopolis: Congestion Management and
SustainableDevelopment
9. The Roles and Contributions of the Private Sector inEnvironmental
Management in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions
10. The Governance of Mega-Urban Regions
11. Developing Management Responses for Mega-Urban Regions
 
Part 3: Case Studies of ASEAN Mega-UrbanRegions
12. The Johor-Singapore-Riau Growth Triangle: The Effect of
EconomicIntegration
13. The Metro Manila Mega-Region
14. Problems and Challenges of Mega-Urban Regions in Indonesia: TheCase of
Jabotabek and the Bandung Metropolitan Area
15. Challenges of Superinduced Development: The Mega-Urban Region ofKuala
Lumpur-Klang Valley
16. The Bangkok Metropolitan Region: Policies and Issues in theSeventh Plan
 
Part 4: Conclusions and Policy Implications
17. ASEAN Mega-Urbanization: A Synthesis
 
References
Contributors
Index