Asian metropolis : urbanisation and the Southeast Asian city /
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| Author / Creator: | Forbes, D. K. (Dean K.) |
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| Imprint: | Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996. |
| Description: | xxii, 120 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Meridian Meridian (Melbourne, Australia) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2467076 |
| Summary: | From Vietnam to Indonesia, Singapore to Thailand, South-East Asia's economies are growing at unprecedented rates. The metropolises are the symbolic heart of economically dynamic South-East Asia. Singapore is bidding to be a global 'information city'; Bangkok is acquiring an international reputation as a business and transport centre; Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have rapidly expanding core business centres dominated by sleek, high-rise office blocks; and Ho Chi Minh City is certain to play a key role in Vietnam's re-emergence into the world economy. Yet this high profile image presents only one dimension of the South-East Asian metropolis. This book penetrates the facade of contemporary city growth, exploring the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial city. It describes the divergence in urban development under capitalist and socialist regimes, and the gradual convergence in the post-reforms era of the 1990s. And it looks at the current problems of the fast growing metropolis, from the exploitation of women in the labour force, to the overstretched infrastructure and urban environmental crisis. South-East Asia's metropolises have played a key role in the region's growth. Unless greater attention is given to the sustainability of these large, complex settlements, they threaten to undermine the societies which created and continue to depend upon them. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 120 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-116) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195534387 |