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Connecting East Asia: A New Framework for Infrastructure
World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Japan Bank For International Cooperation
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Description for Connecting East Asia: A New Framework for Infrastructure
Paperback. Connecting East Asia looks at the role that infrastructure has played in supporting East Asia's growth and looks ahead at what the challenges are for the future, and how to approach them. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 644.
Much of East Asia continues to grow rapidly, driven to a considerable extent by China. Urbanization is proceeding at pace. Demand for infrastructure services is increasing massively, particularly in cities. Much of the demand comes from the newly urbanized poor. Infrastructure has to meet their needs, but has also to continue to provide the underpinnings for the region's growth. The complexity of responding to these demands is greater than ever, and the cost of getting things wrong very high. Poorly conceived infrastructure investments today would have a huge environmental, economic, and social impact - and be very costly to fix ... Read more
Much of East Asia continues to grow rapidly, driven to a considerable extent by China. Urbanization is proceeding at pace. Demand for infrastructure services is increasing massively, particularly in cities. Much of the demand comes from the newly urbanized poor. Infrastructure has to meet their needs, but has also to continue to provide the underpinnings for the region's growth. The complexity of responding to these demands is greater than ever, and the cost of getting things wrong very high. Poorly conceived infrastructure investments today would have a huge environmental, economic, and social impact - and be very costly to fix ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821361627
SKU
V9780821361627
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