MEGA-URBAN REGIONS IN PACIFIC ASIA by Gavin W. Jones (Editor), Mike Douglass (Editor) ( 9789971693794 )

Item Details

Title:

MEGA-URBAN REGIONS IN PACIFIC ASIA
URBAN DYNAMICS IN A GLOBAL ERA

By:

Gavin W. Jones (Editor), Mike Douglass (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£18.95
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10:

9971693798

ISBN 13:

9789971693794

Publisher:

NUS PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2008

Pages:

416

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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 The authors base their analysis on actual agglomeration size rather than administrative boundaries, and draw on unpublished census data to study the dynamics of these massive urban zones, considering area and population size as well as social and demographic patterns of change in core, inner and outer zones. They conclude that these mega-urban regions continue to increase their share of national populations, and zones immediately beyond the official metropolitan boundaries are where the most dramatic changes are occurring.

Illustrations:

Illustrations, maps

Publication:

Singapore

Imprint:

NUS Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

A STUDENT'S DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY

CHANGING MARRIAGE PATTERNS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA