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Mega-Urban Regions in Pacific Asia: Urban Dynamic in a Global Era
Gavin W. Jones
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Paperback. Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates, this study characterizes them as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. It examines these locations along with Taipei and Shanghai. Editor(s): Jones, Gavin W.; Douglass, Mike. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSG; JHBD; RGL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population ... Read more
Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates of the sort that this study characterizes as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. These locations are examined in this book, along with Taipei and Shanghai. Because the administrative boundaries of the cities at the core of these zones do not include the entire urban area, the significance of the broader urban community has largely escaped scholarly attention. The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971693794
SKU
V9789971693794
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About Gavin W. Jones
Gavin Jones is Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Michael Douglass is the Executive Director of the Globalization Research Center and a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Manoa
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