Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region / edited by Fu-chen Lo and Peter J. Marcotullio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lo, Fu-chen.

Marcotullio, Peter, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--East Asia.

Urbanization.

Urbanization--Pacific Area.

Cities and towns--East Asia--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Pacific Area--Growth.

Sustainable development--East Asia.

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Pacific Area.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (532 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, scholars from around the region analyze the impacts of globalization on cities in the Asia Pacific region. This collection forms a useful, comprehensive, and ambitious study, focusing on the region's specific urban concerns and on broader theoretical issues surrounding social and environmental conditions in major metropolitan centers. The first part of the book examines globalization, foreign direct investment, international migration, and the question of cities and their changing patterns and meanings. Each chapter provides a broad set of dynamics that cuts across the world and finds particular instantiations in the Asia Pacific Region. The second part focuses on particular types of cities. First among these is the post industrial capital exporting city, with Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei as examples. The second is the borderless or entrep't city, citing Hong Kong and Singapore, whose special status as city-states has allowed a unique type of growth. The industrial city is exemplified by chapters on Shanghai, Jabotabek, and Bangkok, cities that have experienced very high globalization driven growth but also have become highly polluted environments, in sharp contrast with Singapore and the central area of Hong Kong. The final section focuses on amenity cities. Sydney and Vancouver are the two cases examined. These chapters demonstrate how environmental awareness can be part of urban growth and provide evidence that globalization is not promoting urban environmental and social sustainability.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview chapters""; ""Globalization and urban transformations in the Asia Pacific region""; ""FDI in Asia in boom and bust: Sustainability of cities and economies in Asia""; ""International migration, urbanization, and globalization in the Asia Pacific region: A preliminary framework for policy analy""; ""Case studies: The post-industrial capital exporters""; ""The impacts of globalization and issues of metropolitan planning in Tokyo""

""Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: The case of Seoul""""Urban population in Taiwan and the growth of the Taipei metropolitan area""; ""The entrepot borderless cities""; ""Increasing globalization and the growth of the Hong Kong extended metropolitan region""; ""Singapore: Global city and service hub""; ""The industrial cities""; ""Globalization and the sustainable development of Shanghai""; ""Globalization and the sustainability of Jabotabek, Indonesia""; ""The extended Bangkok region: Globalization and sustainability""; ""The amenity cities""

""Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia PaciAEc region: The case of Sydney""""From village on the edge of the rainforest to Cascadia: Issues in the emergence of a liveable subglobal world city""; ""Conclusion""; ""Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia PaciAEc region""; ""Acronyms""; ""List of contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7026-2

0-585-43430-1

OCLC:

923704622