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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791463103321
• 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.