The rise of cities: analysis of urbanization in Southeast Asia
(2013) HEKM10 20131Human Ecology
- Abstract
- In the second part of the twentieth century Southeast Asia experienced rapid urbanization with an unequal spatial distribution pattern. At least one city per country grew in terms of population disproportionally compared to other urban areas. Its major cities not only expanded, but also became mega-urban regions: urban areas of consolidated political, economic and social power frequently stronger than the wider administrative regions to which they belong to. This study explores urbanization patterns in Southeast Asia in the 1960s-
1990s and how they were shaped by the factors of economic globalization, in particular foreign direct investments and exports of goods and services. By projecting world-system theory on empirical analysis, the... (More) - In the second part of the twentieth century Southeast Asia experienced rapid urbanization with an unequal spatial distribution pattern. At least one city per country grew in terms of population disproportionally compared to other urban areas. Its major cities not only expanded, but also became mega-urban regions: urban areas of consolidated political, economic and social power frequently stronger than the wider administrative regions to which they belong to. This study explores urbanization patterns in Southeast Asia in the 1960s-
1990s and how they were shaped by the factors of economic globalization, in particular foreign direct investments and exports of goods and services. By projecting world-system theory on empirical analysis, the study suggests that urbanization and especially the rise of mega-urban regions in Southeast Asia were facilitated by the incorporation of national economies into the global economic system. (Less)
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- author
- Kolomiiets, Nataliia LU
- supervisor
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- Andrea Nardi LU
- organization
- course
- HEKM10 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Southeast Asia, urbanization, globalization, foreign direct investments, exports of goods and services
- language
- English
- id
- 3800311
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-26 10:19:40
- date last changed
- 2013-09-26 10:19:40
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