Mega Urban Regions In Pacific Asia

Author : Gavin W. Jones,Mike Douglass
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9971693798

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Mega-urban Regions in Pacific Asia by Gavin W. Jones,Mike Douglass Pdf

Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions â " Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.

Author : Ira M. Robinson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774842648

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Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia by Ira M. Robinson Pdf

A 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.

Author : Aprodicio A. Laquian
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015060815688

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Beyond Metropolis by Aprodicio A. Laquian Pdf

Beyond Metropolis builds on studies conducted during the 1990s under the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia.

Author : Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017578555

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Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia by Chinese University of Hong Kong Pdf

The book provides a comprehensive appraisal of the interplay between global structural adjustments and the changing role and configuration of Asia's world cities at the close of the twentieth century, with emphasis on the functional importance and complexity of world cities in the global and regional economies.

Author : Roland J Fuchs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000010336

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Urbanization And Urban Policies In Pacific Asia by Roland J Fuchs Pdf

This book is the outcome of the Conference on Population Growth, Urbanization, and Urban Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Honolulu during 8-12 April 1985. It provides wide attention among development planners, urban managers, and scholars in the field of urban and development planning.

Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780824862671

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Globalization and Networked Societies by Yue-man Yeung Pdf

The world in the last two decades of the twentieth century fundamentally and radically changed at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed. The challenge posed at the beginning of the third millennium is enormous for governments and people the world over. Globalization, along with globalism, continues its unrelenting and accelerating march as it draws more countries, cities, and people closer into interdependent relationships. Globalization and Networked Societies attempts to tease out some of the salient elements of this process, especially as it has affected urban centers in Pacific Asia over the past twenty years. Globalization and rapid economic growth have transformed the region and its cities on varied spatial scales, bringing new opportunities and challenges for governments, the private sector, and individuals. All countries in Pacific Asia are covered in this work, with special attention given to Hong Kong and to China, a late bloomer in the Asia scene but nevertheless one that has experienced phenomenal growth and accelerated globalization in recent decades. The empirical analyses reveal the outcome, dilemmas, and meanings of globalization in the urban-regional scene.

Author : John Friedmann,University of British Columbia. Institute of Asian Research
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015042938053

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Urban and Regional Governance in the Asia Pacific by John Friedmann,University of British Columbia. Institute of Asian Research Pdf

This work explores the challenges to urban and regional governance posed by the emergence of mega-urban regions in the Asia Pacific region, examining the experimental government structures in place to govern these areas. It includes case studies of Sydney, Vancouver, Seoul and Osaka.

Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Metropolitan areas
ISBN : UCSD:31822034354282

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The Pearl River Delta Mega Urban-region by Yue-man Yeung Pdf

Author : Bharat Dahiya,Ashok Das
Publisher : Springer
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811367090

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New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific by Bharat Dahiya,Ashok Das Pdf

This book explores significant aspects of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region, and presents, from different contexts and perspectives, innovative interventions afoot for transforming the governance of 21st-century cities in two key areas: (i) urban planning and policy; and (ii) service delivery and social inclusion. Representing institutions across a wide geography, academic researchers and development practitioners from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America have authored the chapters that lend the volume its distinctly diverse topical foci. Based on a wide range of cases and intriguing experiences, this collection is a uniquely valuable resource for everyone interested in the present and future of cities and urban regions in Asia-Pacific.

Author : T. G. McGee,Terry Mac Gee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Metropolitan areas
ISBN : 9675227230

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The Spatiality of Urbanization by T. G. McGee,Terry Mac Gee Pdf

Author : Debnath Mookherjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030426491

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The Asian Megacity Region by Debnath Mookherjee Pdf

This book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis. The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.

Author : R.B. Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9784431550433

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Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resilience in Asian Mega Cities by R.B. Singh Pdf

In this book, an interdisciplinary research group of faculty members, researchers, professionals, and planners contributed to an understanding of the dynamics and dimensions of emerging challenges and risks in megacities in the rapidly changing urban environments in Asia and examined emerging resilience themes from the point of view of sustainability and public policy. The world’s urban population in 2009 was approximately 3.4 billion and Asia’s urban population was about 1.72 billion. Between 2010 and 2020, 411 million people will be added to Asian cities (60 % of the growth in the world’s urban population). By 2020, of the world’s urban population of 4.2 billion, approximately 2.2 billion will be in Asia. China and India will contribute 31.3 % of the total world urban population by 2025. Developing Asia’s projected global share of CO2 emissions for energy consumption will increase from 30 % in 2006 to 43 % by 2030. City regions serve as magnets for people, enterprise, and culture, but with urbanisation , the worst form of visible poverty becomes prominent. The Asian region, with a slum population of an estimated 505.5 million people, remains host to over half of the world’s slum population . The book provides information on a comprehensive range of environmental threats faced by the inhabitants of megacities. It also offers a wide and multidisciplinary group of case studies from rapidly growing megacities (with populations of more than 5 million) from developed and developing countries of Asia.

Author : Fu-chen Lo,Peter Marcotullio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015054112498

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Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacific Region by Fu-chen Lo,Peter Marcotullio Pdf

This collection of essays examines the sustainability concerns surrounding social and environmental conditions in the major cities of the Asia Pacific region. Issues considered include: globalisation, foreign direct investment, international migration and the changing pattern of cities. The second part of the book focuses on particular types of cities with case studies: 'post industrial capital exporting cities' such as Tokyo and Seoul; 'borderless cities' such as Hong Kong and Singapore; 'industrial cities' such as Shanghai and Bangkok; and 'amenity cities' such as Sydney.

Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122159952

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Enhancing the Livability of Asian Mega-cities by Yue-man Yeung Pdf

Author : Rita Padawangi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108636308

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Urban Development in Southeast Asia by Rita Padawangi Pdf

Urbanization as a process is rife with inequality, in Southeast Asia as anywhere else, but resistance and contestation persist on the ground. In this element, the author sets out to achieve three goals: 1) to examine the political nature of urban development; 2) to scrutinize the implications of power inequality in urban development discussions; and 3) to highlight topical and methodological contributions to urban studies from Southeast Asia. The key to a robust understanding is groundedness: knowledge about the everyday realities of urban life that are hard to see on the surface but dominate how the city functions, with particular attention to human agency and the political life of marginalized groups. Ignoring politics in research on urbanization essentially perpetuates the power inequities in urban development; this element thus focuses not just on Southeast Asian cities and urbanization per se, but also on critical perspectives on patterns and processes in their development.