Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities

New Development Trajectories
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-32749-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth. In Asia-Pacific the rise of service industries has lead to national modernization programmes and globalization strategies. Services are also driving change in the internal form of city regions and are being actively deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land use changes. These changes have created problems such as social polarization and the displacement of traditional industries and residential districts. Also, there are tensions between local and global processes in the development of service industries, and between the imperatives of competitive advantage and sustainable development.

Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Peter W

Ho, Kong Chong

Hutton, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Services and Development in the Asia-Pacific-Theory and Context Section 2: Services and Urban Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sectoral Perspectives Section 3: Services and Urban Development in the Asia-Pacific: City Case-Studies. Bibliography. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter W. Daniels is Professor of Geography at the University of Birmingham, Tom Hutton is Associate Professor at the Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, and Ho Kong Chong is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.