Southeast Asian urbanism : the meaning and power of social space /
Hans-Dieter Evers, Rüdiger Korff.
- viii, 268 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.
Modernization and the Global City -- Urbanism in Southeast Asia -- Meaning and Power in the Construction of Urban Space -- Strategies of Survival in the Cities -- Access to Urban Space.
"Southeast Asian Urbanism is based on the results of over two decades of field research on cities and towns of Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. The connections between micro and macro processes, between grassroot interactions and urban structures, between social theory and empirical data are analysed to provide a vivid picture of the great variety of urban forms, the social creativity in the slums of Bangkok, Manila or Jakarta, the variety of cultural symbolism and the political and religious structuration of urban space. The book should be of interest to urban anthropologists, political scientists and sociologists, to students of Southeast Asian history, culture and society, to urban planners and policy makers."--Publisher description.
031223628X 9780312236281 3825840212 9783825840211
00042243
Urbanization--Southeast Asia Urban policy--Southeast Asia Social structure--Southeast Asia Social classes--Southeast Asia Women in development--Southeast Asia