1st Edition

Asian and Pacific Cities Development Patterns

Edited By Ian Shirley, Carol Neill Copyright 2013
320 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The cities of Asia and the Pacific are at the epicentre of development in what is arguably, the most populous, culturally distinctive, and economically powerful region in the world. 16 major cities such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Auckland, Kuala Lumpur and Santiago, located in countries as diverse as Mexico and Vietnam, Samoa and India, China and Australia, exemplify... Read more

1. Introduction: Asia and the Pacific Ian Shirley & Carol Neill  Part I Asia 2. Vietnam: Hochiminh Nguyen Minh Hoa & Son Thanh Tung 3. Thailand: Bangkok Apiwat Ratanawaraha 4. Singapore: Singapore Ooi Giok Ling & Kog Yue Choong 5. Philippines: Manila Francisco Magno, Miguel Puzon & Annabelle Verdote 6. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Er Ah Choy, Katiman Rostam, Abd. Rahim Md. Nor & Melasutra Md Dali 7. Japan: Tokyo Emiko Kakiuchi 8. Indonesia: Jakarta Haryo Winarso & Yudi Saptono 9. India: Mumbai Sujata Patel 10. India: Pune Rajeshwari Deshpande 11. China: Shanghai Lingyan Qu, Tianjiao Chu & Ian Shirley  Part II Pacific/Oceania 12. Samoa: Apia Fonoti Lafita’i I. Fuata’i 13. New Zealand: Auckland Carol Neill & Ian Shirley 14. Fiji: Suva Biman Chand Prasad & Manoranjan Mohanty 15. Australia: Melbourne Paul James & Andy Scerri  Part III Pacific Rim 16. Mexico: Guadalajara Carlos Barba Solano, Benjamín Chapa García, Elena de la Paz Hernández Águila, Roberto Hernández Hernández & Ofelia Woo Morales 17. Chile: Santiago Manuel Tironi, Valentina Pozo & Mattia G. Barbera 18. Conclusion: The World’s Experimental Laboratories Ian Shirley & Carol Neill

Biography

Ian Shirley is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the research leader and Director of the Asian and Pacific Development Programme.

Carol Neill is a Senior Researcher engaged in the Asian and Pacific Development Programme. She is employed by the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.