Globalization and the world of large cities
, mondialisation, ville mondiale, world city, mégapole, mégalopole, économie, infrastructures, croissance urbaine, forme urbaine, Lo Fu-chen, Yeung Yue-man
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United Nations University Press
1998
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Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region
Asie, Asia, Pacific, Pacifique, développement durable, mondialisation, ville durable, migration, économie, gouvernance, Lo Fu-chen, Marcotullio Peter J.
<b>Abstract from the publisher : </b></div>
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In Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region, scholars from around the region analyse the impacts of globalisation on cities in the Asia-Pacific. This collection of essays 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 centres.<br />
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The first part of the book examines globalisation, foreign direct investment, international migration, and the question of cities and their changing patterns and meanings. The second part focuses on particular types of cities: Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei are post industrial capital exporting cities; Hong Kong and Singapore are cited as borderless cities; while Shanghai, Jabotabek and Bangkok are examined in terms of having very high globalisation driven growth but also have become highly polluted environments. The final section focuses on amenity cities, where 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.<br />
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Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region demonstrates the growing interconnections among cities in the region that have come about as a result of globalization. It raises implications for the study of social and environmental conditions as well as economic growth in cities. Sustainable urban development requires more than good management and local politics; increasingly, it demands national, regional and global interventions.</div>
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<b>Contents : </b></div>
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Introduction - Peter J. Marcotullio and Fu-chen Lo</div>
Globalization and urban transformation in the Asia Pacific region - Fu-chen Lo and Peter J. Marcotullio</div>
FDI in Asia in boom and bust - Sung Woong Hong</div>
International migration, urbanization, and globalization in the Asia Pacific region : A preliminary framework for policy analysis - Terry G. McGee and Chung-Tong Wu</div>
The impact of globalization and issues of metropolitan planning in Tokyo - Tetsuo Kidokoro, Takashi Onishi, and Peter J. Marcotullio</div>
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacifc region : The case of Seoul - Won-yong Kwon</div>
Urban population in Taiwan and the growth of the Taipei metropolitan area - Ching-lung Tsay</div>
Increasing globalization and the growth of the Hong Kong extended metropolitan region - Victor F. S. Sit</div>
Singapore : Global city and service hub - Chia Siow Yue</div>
Globalization and the sustainable development of Shanghai - Ning Yuemin</div>
Globalization and the sustainability of Jabotabek, Indonesia - Budhy T. S. Soegijoko and B. S. Kusbiantoro</div>
The extended Bangkok region : Globalization and sustainability - Sauwalak Kittiprapas</div>
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region : The case of Sydney - Peter A. Murphy and Chung-Tong Wu</div>
From village on the edge of the rainforest to Cascadia : Issues in the emergence of a liveable subglobal world city - Terry G. McGee</div>
Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region - Peter J. Marcotullio</div>
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<b>Fu-chen Lo</b> is principal research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, Tokyo.</div>
<b>Peter J. Marcutullio </b>is Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY).</div>
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United Nations University Press
2001
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