Changing South-East Asian cities : readings on urbanization / ed. by Y. M. Yeung & C. P. Lo
Imprint
Singapore : Oxford University Press, 1976
Descript
xxiv, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Major statement--the great city in south-east asia--cities of south-east asia and their problems--historical highlights--indigenous urbanism in south-east asia--the development of Philippine cities before 1900--geographic notes on the first two centuries of Djakarta--patterns of urbanization--beach-heads and enclaves: the urban debate and the urbanization process in south-east asia since 1945--contemporary urbanization in Malaysia--the port towns of British Borneo--contemporary urbanization in Malaysia--the port towns of British Borneo--contemporary urbanization in Indonesia--urbanization in Thailand, 1947-1967--selected urban topics--the political implications of urban development in South-East Asia--the ecology of Indonesian cities--the problem of in-migration and squatter settlement in asian cities: two case studies, Manila and Victoria-Kowloon--some social implications of high density housing--the marketing system in Singapore--city-size distribution of south-east asia--case studies: the urbanization of metropolitan Manila--the image of Bangkok--pkanning, urban renewal and housing in Singapore--Saigon 1969: urbanization and response, a personal memoir--new methods and approaches: the spread of modernization in Malaya: 1895-1969--a typolgy of Hong Kong census districts: a study in urban structure
SUBJECT
Sociology - Urban -- Southeast Asia
Urbanization -- Southeast Asia
Cities and towns -- Southeast Asia
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Thailand and ASEAN Information Center (6th Floor) : Thailand Collection