Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region /
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| Imprint: | Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2001. |
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| Description: | xxvi, 505 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4603861 |
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