Asian and Pacific Cities (eBook, PDF)

Development Patterns
Redaktion: Shirley, Ian; Neill, Carol

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With a focus on 16 major cities across the Asia Pacific region, including Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Apia, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Guadalajara, Auckland, Suva, Melbourne and Singapore, this book explores the varied development patterns of these metropolitan centres. Tracking and tracing economic and social trends, the contributors to this collection reveal how a wide range of political and cultural factors have interacted over time in order to shape and produce the diverse characteristics of the cities in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136217142
• Artikelnr.: 38249969

Autorenporträt

Ian Shirley is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the research leader and Director of the Asian and Pacific Development Programme. Carol Neill is a Senior Researcher engaged in the Asian and Pacific Development Programme. She is employed by the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Asia and the Pacific Part I Asia 2. Vietnam: Hochiminh 3.
Thailand: Bangkok 4. Singapore: Singapore 5. Philippines: Manila 6.
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur 7. Japan: Tokyo 8. Indonesia: Jakarta 9. India:
Mumbai 10. India: Pune 11. China: Shanghai Part II Pacific/Oceania 12.
Samoa: Apia 13. New Zealand: Auckland 14. Fiji: Suva 15. Australia:
Melbourne Part III Pacific Rim 16. Mexico: Guadalajara 17. Chile: Santiago
18. Conclusion: The World's Experimental Laboratories