Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region /

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Imprint:	Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 505 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Urbanization -- East Asia. Urbanization -- Pacific Area. Cities and towns -- East Asia -- Growth. Cities and towns -- Pacific Area -- Growth. Sustainable development -- East Asia. Sustainable development -- Pacific Area. Globalization. Cities and towns -- Growth. Globalization. Sustainable development. Urbanization. East Asia. Pacific Area. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117392

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Other authors / contributors:	Lo, Fu-chen. Marcotullio, Peter, 1957- 羅, 福全, (1935- )
ISBN:	0585434301 9780585434308 928081060X 9789280810608 9280870262 9789280870268
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	The first part of the book examines globalization, foreign direct investment, international migration, and the question of cities and their changing patterns and meanings. Each chapter provides a broad set of dynamics that cut across the world and find particular expression in the Asia Pacific region. The later sections of the book focus on particular types of cities. First among these is the post-industrial capital-exporting city, with Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei as examples. The second is the borderless or entrepôt city, citing Hong Kong and Singapore, whose special status as city-states has allowed a unique type of growth. The industrial city is exemplified by chapters on Shanghai, Jabotabek, and Bangkok, cities that have experienced very high globalization-driven growth but have also become highly polluted environments, in sharp contrast with Singapore and the central area of Hong Kong. The final section focuses on amenity cities: Sydney and Vancouver are the two cases examined. These chapters demonstrate how environmental awareness can be a part of urban growth, and provide evidence that globalization is not promoting urban environmental and social sustainability.
Other form:	Print version: Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region. Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2001 928081060X
Govt.docs classification:	[UNU/]UNUP-1060

Table of Contents:

List of tables and figures
Preface
1. Introduction
Overview chapters
2. Globalization and urban transformations in the Asia Pacific region
3. FDI in Asia in boom and bust
4. International migration, urbanization, and globalization in the Asia Pacific region: A preliminary framework for policy analysis
Case studies: The post-industrial capital exporters
5. The impact of globalization and issues of metropolitan planning in Tokyo
6. Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: The case of Seoul
7. Urban population in Taiwan and the growth of the Taipei metropolitan area
The entrepot borderless cities
8. Increasing globalization and the growth of the Hong Kong extended metropolitan region
9. Singapore: Global city and service hub
The industrial cities
10. Globalization and the sustainable development of Shanghai
11. Globalization and the sustainability of Jabotakek, Indonesia
12. The extended Bangkok region: Globalization and sustainability
The amenity cities
13. Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: The case of Sydney
14. From village on the edge of the rainforest to Cascadia: Issues in the emergence of a liveable subglobal world city
Conclusion
15. Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region
Acronyms
List of contributors
Index

Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region /

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