Globalization and Networked Societies : : Urban-Regional Change in Pacific Asia / / Yue-man Yeung.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Yeung, Yue-man,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

The world in the last two decades of the twentieth century fundamentally and radically changed at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed. The challenge posed at the beginning of the third millennium is enormous for governments and people the world over. Globalization, along with globalism, continues its unrelenting and accelerating march as it draws more countries, cities, and people closer into interdependent relationships. Globalization and Networked Societies attempts to tease out some of the salient elements of this process, especially as it has affected urban centers in Pacific Asia over the past twenty years. Globalization and rapid economic growth have transformed the region and its cities on varied spatial scales, bringing new opportunities and challenges for governments, the private sector, and individuals. All countries in Pacific Asia are covered in this work, with special attention given to Hong Kong and to China, a late bloomer in the Asia scene but nevertheless one that has experienced phenomenal growth and accelerated globalization in recent decades. The empirical analyses reveal the outcome, dilemmas, and meanings of globalization in the urban-regional scene.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Overview -- 1. Pacific Asia in the Context of Globalization -- 2. Globalization and World Cities -- 2. Cooperative Regional Development -- 3. The Emergence of Growth Triangles -- 4. Infrastructure Development in the Southern China Growth Triangle -- 3. China and Hong Kong -- 5. Metropolitan Planning and Management in China -- 6. Guangdong's Rapid Change as a Coastal Province -- 7. Shanghai's Transformation and Modernization under China's Open Policy -- 8. Sustainable Urban Development in China and Hong Kong -- 4. Urban Futures -- 9. Planning Hong Kong for 1997 and Beyond -- 10. Globalization and Urban Futures -- Epilogue: Asia's Financial Crisis and Its Implications -- References -- Index -- About the Author