Pacific Asia / / David Drakakis-Smith

• Autore: Drakakis-Smith D. W.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.95
• Soggetto geografico: Asia History; Pacific Area Economic policy; Pacific Area Economic conditions; Asia Economic policy; Asia Economic conditions 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the regional character; Pacific Asia in its global setting; Key ideas; An historical geography of Pacific Asia; The pre-colonial period; Case study A: Angkor, Cambodia a pre-colonial empire; Mercantile colonialism; Industrial colonialism; Case study B: Vietnam colonialism and its impact; Late colonialism; The colonial legacy; Key ideas; Physical and human resource management: Malaysia and Papua New Guinea; Non-agricultural resource exploitation: some background considerations ; Case study C: Papua New Guinea Ok Tedi bares its soulMalaysia: some environmental impacts of non-agricultural exploitation resource; Case study D: At loggerheads in Sarawak; Papua New Guinea: the fusion of physical and human resource exploitation and reaction; Human resource potential: exploitation or realization?; Case study E: Hong Kong not so fragrant harbour; Case study F: Water and health; Key ideas; Rural and regional development; Explaining spatial inequality; Case study G: Food dependency; Policies for rural and regional development ; Case study H: Malaysia winners and losers in the green revolutionIntegrated rural development; Thailand: regional imbalance and rural poverty; Vietnam: reunification, rural and regional development; South Korea: growth and equity; Conclusions: a comparison of Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea; Key ideas; Population growth and mobility; Case study I: Singapore and Malaysia family planning in reverse; Population movements in Pacific Asia; Case study J: Hong Kong urban or international migration; Indonesian population movements; Key ideas; Ethnic plurality and development in Malaysia ; Case study K: Burma an ethnic kaleidoscopeFrom Malacca to Malaysia: the evolution of the modern state; Years of illusion: 1957 to 1970; Years of disillusion: the New Economic Policy since 1970; Conclusion: present and future problems for Malaysia; Key ideas; Industrialization and the four little tigers; Pacific Asia's four little tigers; A Pacific Asian model for industrial development; Case study L: Guangdong Pacific Asia's fifth tiger; Social change and economic growth; Case study M: Domestic workers in the Philippines garment industries; Key ideas ; Urbanization and urban planning in Hong KongPost-colonial trends in economic and urban growth; The evolution of contemporary Hong Kong; Urban transportation; Case study N: Singapore incorporation of the bus system; Case study O: Kuala Lumpur the rise of the minibus; Planning for the city-region; Key ideas; Gender and development: migration, urbanization and industrialization in Taiwan; The evolution of gender roles in development; Women's work in the city: some theoretical ideas; Case study P: Women's work patterns in Filipino cities; Women in the workforce in Pacific Asia ; Case study Q: From traditionalism to socialism women and rapid change in Laos
• Sommario/riassunto: Pacific Asia - from Burma to Papua New Guinea to Japan - is the most dynamic and productive region in the developing world, the result of an economic explosion fuelled by industrial activity. This is where the Green Revolution began, where more women are employed in factory work than anywhere alse; the region is also the most predominately socialist in the Third World. David W. Smith assesses Pacific Asia both in terms of its historical development and the present global system, placing general development issues in their local contexts. The book will be an invaluable introduction to the regio
• Titolo autorizzato: Pacific Asia
• ISBN: 1-134-91353-2; 1-134-91354-0; 1-280-32682-4; 978020331302X; 0-203-31302-X; 0-203-13671-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808763003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge introductions to development.