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

Contributor(s): Lo, Fu-chen | Marcotullio, Peter, 1957-
Publisher: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, c2001Description: xxvi, 505 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 928081060XSubject(s): Urbanization -- East Asia | Urbanization -- Pacific Area | Cities and towns -- East Asia -- Growth | Cities and towns -- Pacific Area -- Growth | Sustainable development -- East Asia | Sustainable development -- Pacific Area | GlobalizationDDC classification: 307.76/095 LOC classification: HT384.E18 | G56 2001Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
Globalization and urban transformations in the Asia pacific region / Fu-chen Lo and Peter Marcotullio -- FDI in Asia in boom and bust / Sung Woong Hong -- International migration, urbanization, and globalization in the Asia Pacific region: a preliminary framework for policy analysis / Terry G. McGee and Chung-Tong Wu -- The impact of globalization and issues of metropolitan planning in Tokyo / Tetsuo Kidokoro, Takashi Onishi, and Peter J. Marcotullio -- Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: the case of Seoul / Won-yong Kwon -- Urban population in Taiwan and the growth of the Taipei metropolitan area / Ching-lung Tsay -- Increasing globalization and the growth of the Hong Kong extended metropolitan region / Victor F.S. Sit -- Singapore: global city and service hub / Chia Siow Yue -- Globalization and the sustainable development of Shanghai / Ning Yuemin -- Globalization and the sustainability of Jabotabek, Indonesia / Budhy T.S. Soegijoko and B.S. Kusbiantoro -- The extended Bangkok region: globalization and sustainability / Sauwalak Kittiprapas -- Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: the case of Sydney / Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu -- From village on the edge of the rainforest to Cascadia: issues in the emergence of a liveable subglobal world city / Terry G. McGee -- Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region / Peter J. Marcotullio.
Summary: 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 cut across the world and find particular expression in the Asia Pacific region. The later sections of the book focus 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 entrepôt 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 have also 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 a part of urban growth, and provide evidence that globalization is not promoting urban environmental and social sustainability.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization and urban transformations in the Asia pacific region / Fu-chen Lo and Peter Marcotullio --
FDI in Asia in boom and bust / Sung Woong Hong --
International migration, urbanization, and globalization in the Asia Pacific region: a preliminary framework for policy analysis / Terry G. McGee and Chung-Tong Wu --
The impact of globalization and issues of metropolitan planning in Tokyo / Tetsuo Kidokoro, Takashi Onishi, and Peter J. Marcotullio --
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: the case of Seoul / Won-yong Kwon --
Urban population in Taiwan and the growth of the Taipei metropolitan area / Ching-lung Tsay --
Increasing globalization and the growth of the Hong Kong extended metropolitan region / Victor F.S. Sit --
Singapore: global city and service hub / Chia Siow Yue --
Globalization and the sustainable development of Shanghai / Ning Yuemin --
Globalization and the sustainability of Jabotabek, Indonesia / Budhy T.S. Soegijoko and B.S. Kusbiantoro --
The extended Bangkok region: globalization and sustainability / Sauwalak Kittiprapas --
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region: the case of Sydney / Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu --
From village on the edge of the rainforest to Cascadia: issues in the emergence of a liveable subglobal world city / Terry G. McGee --
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region / Peter J. Marcotullio.

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 cut across the world and find particular expression in the Asia Pacific region. The later sections of the book focus 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 entrepôt 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 have also 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 a part of urban growth, and provide evidence that globalization is not promoting urban environmental and social sustainability.

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