Overview
- Analyzes and compares the impact of national development strategies in the development of the major cities in Asia between 1960 and 2015
- Demonstrates the convergence and divergence of the development gaps between the major cities and the rest of a country in which they are situated
- Presents rich, original empirical data on the developmental trajectories of different cities
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Regional Science (BRIEFSREGION)
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About this book
This book analyses and compares the development paths of five major cities in East and Southeast Asia since the early 1960s, including Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, and Shanghai. In examining these five cases through a carefully crafted conceptual framework, the author excavates an understanding of the dynamics that have enabled Seoul and Shanghai to become highly competitive as major engines of economic growth, while simultaneously accounting for why the other three cities have faced numerous problems in terms of meeting their development goals. Presenting both quantitative and qualitative data to trace the course of changes between 1960 and 2015, the case studies curate six possible explanations for the different cities’ developmental trajectories. The book considers the national development strategy matters to the development of cities and positions the share of budget revenue retained for cities’ expenditure as critical. The author demonstrates that consistently pursuing long-term strategies is important, and that public entrepreneurship with powerful supporting coalitions is vital. The book illustrates how master plans have played limited roles in the building of cities, and that fragmented governments are often at the root of the problems facing a city’s development. This book will be highly relevant to researchers in international and Asian urban development.
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Book Title: Making Megacities in Asia
Book Subtitle: Comparing National Economic Development Trajectories
Authors: Du Huynh
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Regional Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0659-8Published: 30 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0660-4Published: 19 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-0427
Series E-ISSN: 2192-0435
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 125
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Development Studies, Economic Growth, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban History