The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades. The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia offers a collection of the major streams and themes in the studies of the cities in the region. A focus on the urbanization process rather than the city as an object opens the topic more broadly to bring together different perspectives. This timely handbook presents these diverse views to build a clearer understanding of theoretical contributions of urban studies in Southeast Asia and to provide a complete collection of scholarly works that are thematically structured and a useful tool for teaching urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Following the introduction by the editor, the handbook is structured along central, emerging themes. It contains six parts, which are each introduced by the editor:
Theorizing Urbanization in Southeast Asia
Migration, Networks and Identities
Development and Discontents
Environmental Governance
The Social Production of the Urban Fabric
Social Change and Alternative Development
This handbook will be an essential reference work for scholars interested in Urban Studies, cities and urbanization in Asia, and Southeast Asian Studies.
Following the introduction by the editor, the handbook is structured along central, emerging themes. It contains six parts, which are each introduced by the editor:
Theorizing Urbanization in Southeast Asia
Migration, Networks and Identities
Development and Discontents
Environmental Governance
The Social Production of the Urban Fabric
Social Change and Alternative Development
This handbook will be an essential reference work for scholars interested in Urban Studies, cities and urbanization in Asia, and Southeast Asian Studies.
This collection of essays represents a major contribution in the understanding of the contemporary urbanization process in the diverse region of Southeast Asia. It is significant because its shifts the focus from the economic role of urban centers to a concern with the "urban condition" recognizing the human challenges of the of urban life which is now a reality for the majority of Southeast Asians. Its interdisciplinary approach encompasses themes such as patterns and the production of urban space, processes of the urban transition (including migration), development discontents, environmental governance and alternative urban development strategies. This collection frames a new debate about urbanization that is rewriting of the narrative of Southeast Asian urbanization.
Terry McGee, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada
Terry McGee, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada