1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791463103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

0-7748-1434-9

1-283-13185-4

9786613131850

0-7748-5435-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Urbanization in Asia, , 1196-8583 ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

McGeeT. G

RobinsonIra M

Disciplina

307.76/4/09595

Soggetti

Urbanization - Southeast Asia

Metropolitan areas - Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Overview and Issues -- Metrofitting the Emerging Mega-Urban Regions of ASEAN: An Overview -- Mega-Urbanization in ASEAN: New Phenomenon or Transitional Phase to the 'Los Angeles World City'? -- Processes Creating Mega-Urban Regions in ASEAN -- Global Interdependence and Urbanization: Planning for the Bangkok Mega-Urban Region -- Emerging Spatial Patterns in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions: Alternative Strategies -- ASEAN Urban Housing Sector Performance: A Comparative Perspective -- Housing Women Factory Workers in the Northern Corridor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region -- Moving Goods, People, and Information: Putting the ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions in Context -- Gridlock in the Slopopolis: Congestion Management and Sustainable Development¹ -- The Roles and Contributions of the Private Sector in Environmental Management in ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions -- The Governance of Mega-Urban Regions -- Developing Management Responses for for Mega-Urban



Regions -- Case Studies of ASEAN Mega-Urban Regions -- The Johor-Singapore-Riau Growth Triangle: The Effect of Economic Integration -- The Metro Manila Mega-Region -- Problems and Challenges of Mega-Urban Regions in Indonesia: The Case of Jabotabek and the Bandung Metropolitan Area -- Challenges of Superinduced Development: The Mega-Urban Region of Kuala Lumpur-Klang Valley -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Region: Policies and Issues in the Seventh Plan -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- ASEAN Mega-Urbanization: A Synthesis -- References -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778542803321

Autore

Davies Sara Ellen

Titolo

Legitimising rejection [[electronic resource] ] : international refugee law in Southeast Asia / / by Sara E. Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-282-39781-8

9786612397813

90-474-2329-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Refugees and human rights, , 1387-6031 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

342.5908/3

Soggetti

Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Southeast Asia

Refugees - Protection - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Eurocentric 1951 Convention -- 1967 Protocol-an addendum to the 1951 Convention -- The beginning of the Indochinese refugee crisis: 1975-1979 -- After the 1979 Indochinese conference: the early 1980s -- 'Compassion fatigue' in the mid 1980s -- The 1989 comprehensive plan of action.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines Southeast Asia's rejection of international refugee law through extensive archival analysis and argues that this rejection was



shaped by the region's response to its largest refugee crisis in the post-1945 era.