Main entry:

Rimmer, Peter J., 1935-

Title & Author:

The city in Southeast Asia : patterns, processes and policy / Peter J. Rimmer and Howard Dick.

Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2009.

Description:

xxii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The city in Southeast Asia -- Patterns -- Beyond the "third world city" : the new urban geography of Southeast Asia -- "Global cities" : Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur -- "National cities" and "second cities" -- Processes -- Privatising climate -- Industrialising consumption -- Capitalising on urbanisation -- Contesting space -- Policy -- Governance and markets.

Summary:

"The City in Southeast Asia explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City. It does this by examining urban patterns: the global cities of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur; the national cities of Bangkok, Jakarta, and Manila; and the second cities of Chiang Mai, Surabaya, Cebu, and Penang."--Book cover.

ISBN:

9780824833138 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0824833139 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns Southeast Asia.
Urbanization Southeast Asia.
Globalization.
Villes Asie du Sud-Est.
Urbanisation Asie du Sud-Est.
Mondialisation.
globalism.
74.73 urban and rural renewal.
Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
Stadtsoziologie
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Verstädterung
Stadt
Urban renewal.
Southeast Asia.
Südostasien
South-East Asia.

Added entries:

Dick, H. W. (Howard W.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263821
Call No.: BIB 195117
Status: Available