Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (UNU, 1996, 528 pages): Part 1. Global - Asia - Pacific functional linkages: International transport and communications interactions between Pacific Asia's emerging world cities: References

Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia (UNU, 1996, 528 pages)

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Note to the reader from the UNU

Preface

Introduction

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The functional world city system

What this book offers

References

Part 1. Global - Asia - Pacific functional linkages

Global restructuring and emerging urban corridors in Pacific Asia

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Introduction

Global restructuring and uneven growth

A new Asia-Pacific economic interdependence

Emerging Pacific-Asia urban corridors and formulation of the functional city system

Towards the twenty-first century

Notes

References

International transport and communications interactions between Pacific Asia's emerging world cities

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Multilayered flows

Goods transactions

International passengers

International telecommunications

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

Part 2. Changing Asia-Pacific world cities

The Japanese urban system and the growing centrality of Tokyo in the global economy

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Introduction

Japanese urbanization in perspective: An overview, 1955-1991

Functional and structural changes

New growth upon new accumulation: The Capital Tokyo Metropolitan Area

New agglomeration and ''Tokyo problems''

Future prospects and policy implications

References

Appendix

Seoul: A global city in a nation of rapid growth

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Introduction

The determinants of a world city

The spatial pattern of industrialization

The primacy of Seoul and the capital region

A new perspective in spatial policy: Globalization

Conclusions

References

Globalization and the urban system in Taiwan

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Introduction

The nature and development trend of the national urban system

Structural change

The spatial dimension of economic structural change

The international dimension of the urban system

The impact of globalization on the mega-city of Taipei

Policies and policy implications

Conclusion

Note

Bibliography

Globalization and the urban system in China

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Introduction

Economic reform and globalization in China

The globalization of china's economy

Foreign investment

Urbanization and urban system development in China

The effects of globalization on the urban system in China

Problems of urban development under the open policy

Policy implications and future trends in urban development

Notes

Acknowledgements

References

Global influences on recent urbanization trends in the Philippines

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Introduction

Recent urbanization trends

A simple model for examining global influences

Global influences on urbanization trends

Concluding remarks

Acknowledgement

References

The changing urban system in a fast-growing city and economy: The case of Bangkok and Thailand

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Introduction

Growth and transformation of the Thai economy

Urban population, settlement patterns, and employment distribution

The international dimension of the changing urban system

The internal dimensions of the changing urban system

The urbanization of bangkok: its prominence, problems, and prospects

Conclusions: towards a new national urban development policy for Thailand

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

Emerging urban trends and the globalizing economy in Malaysia

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Introduction

The nature and trends of the national urban system

Macro-population structure and change

The international dimension of economic activities

Economic structural change and urbanization

The impact of internationalism on the Kuala Lumpur Core Urban Region (KLCUR) - The leading mega-city

Policy implications

Conclusion

References

Jabotabek and globalization

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Introduction

The context: Globalization of the Indonesian economy

Jabotabek, the Jakarta metropolitan area

The Jabotabek region's national and international linkages

Note

References

Part 3. Borderless cities

The Singapore-Johore-Riau Growth triangle: An emerging extended metropolitan region

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Introduction

The concept of extended metropolitan region

EMRs

The Singapore case

Conclusion

Notes

References

The Hong Kong-Zhujiang Delta and the world city system

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Introduction

The Zhajiang Delta and its cities

The world city hypothesis and Zhajiang Delta cities

Territorial containment of a functional world city phenomenon

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

The evolving urban system in North-East Asia

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Introduction

Yellow Sea Rim and Japan Sea Rim areas

The transnationalization of urban systems: The BESETO ecumenopolis

Ideal and reality: Needs for further research

References

Contributors

Other titles of interest

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