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The City in Southeast Asia: Patterns, Processes and Policy
Peter J. Rimmer
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Paperback. The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. This title explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city 'type'. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. The City in Southeast Asia explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city 'type'. It begins by contrasting the acknowledged world cities of Singapore and Hong Kong with the aspiring world city of Kuala Lumpur and the still disorganized cities of Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila, and draws comparisons with the national second cities of Chiang Mai, Surabaya, Penang and Cebu. The authors analyze the ... Read more
The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. The City in Southeast Asia explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city 'type'. It begins by contrasting the acknowledged world cities of Singapore and Hong Kong with the aspiring world city of Kuala Lumpur and the still disorganized cities of Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila, and draws comparisons with the national second cities of Chiang Mai, Surabaya, Penang and Cebu. The authors analyze the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NUS Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971694265
SKU
V9789971694265
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About Peter J. Rimmer
Peter J. RIMMER is a Geographer and internationally recognized authority on urban and regional development in the Asian Pacific region. Since 2000 he has been Professor Emeritus and Visiting Fellow in Pacific and Asian History in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra. Howard DICK is an Economist and Economic Historian at the ... Read more
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