Research Catalog

Title

The mega-urban regions of Southeast Asia / edited by T. G. McGee and Ira M. Robinson.

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• McGee, T. G.
• Robinson, Ira M.

Description

xv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Urbanization in Asia, 1196-8583 ; 1

Uniform Title

Urbanization in Asia ; 1.

Subjects

• Metropolitan areas > Southeast Asia
• Southeast Asia > Social conditions
• Urbanization > Southeast Asia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-373) and index.

Contents

• 1. Metrofitting the Emerging Mega-Urban Regions of ASEAN: An Overview / T. G. McGee -- 2. Mega-Urbanization in ASEAN: New Phenomenon or Transitional Phase to the 'Los Angeles World City'? / Douglas Webster -- 3. Global Interdependence and Urbanization: Planning for the Bangkok Mega-Urban Region / Mike Douglass -- 4. Emerging Spatial Patterns in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions: Alternative Strategies / Ira M. Robinson -- 5. ASEAN Urban Housing Sector Performance: A Comparative Perspective / Shlomo Angel and Stephen K. Mayo -- 6. Housing Women Factory Workers in the Northern Corridor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region / Yap Kioe Sheng and Aminur Rahman -- 7. Moving Goods, People, and Information: Putting the ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions in Context / Peter J. Rimmer -- 8. Gridlock in the Slopopolis: Congestion Management and Sustainable Development / V. Setty Pendakur --
• 9. The Roles and Contributions of the Private Sector in Environmental Management in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions / Shirley A. M. Conover -- 10. The Governance of Mega-Urban Regions / Aprodicio Laquian -- 11. Developing Management Responses for Mega-Urban Regions / Ellen M. Brennan -- 12. The Johor-Singapore-Riau Growth Triangle: The Effect of Economic Integration / Lee Tsao Yuan -- 13. The Metro Manila Mega-Region / Romeo B. Ocampo -- 14. Problems and Challenges of Mega-Urban Regions in Indonesia: The Case of Jabotabek and the Bandung Metropolitan Area / Ida Ayu Indira Dharmapatni and Tommy Firman -- 15. Challenges of Superinduced Development: The Mega-Urban Region of Kuala Lumpur-Klang Valley / Lee Boon Thong -- 16. The Bangkok Metropolitan Region: Policies and Issues in the Seventh Plan / Utis Kaothien -- 17. ASEAN Mega-Urbanization: A Synthesis / T. G. McGee and Ira M. Robinson.

ISBN

0774805307

LCCN

cn 95910497

OCLC

• 32542215
• ocm32542215

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries