Urbanization and Development in Asia Multidimensional Perspectives

by Beall, Jo; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Kanbur, Ravi

• ISBN13: 9780198078531
• ISBN10: 0198078536
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Over the last few decades, globalization has had a visible effect on urbanization and migration patterns across much of Asia. Analyses of migration patterns reveal that some of the largest movements of people in the world actually take place in the form of internal migration within certain regions and countries, as people move from rural areas to booming urban centres. With the help of selected case studies from India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, and thePhillipines, this volume examines the following issues: Why do people move from rural to urban areas? In what ways does globalization affect such movements? What are the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration? What are the challenges that come with resettlement, especially for minoritiesand other less empowered groups? effect on urbanization and migration patterns across much of Asia. Analyses of migration patterns reveal that some of the largest movements of people in the world actually take place in the form of internal migration within certain regions and countries, as people move from rural areas to booming urban centres. With the help of selected case studies from India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Phillipines, this volume examines the followingissues: Why do people move from rural to urban areas? In what ways does globalization affect such movements? What are the synergies between globalization, urbanization, and migration? What are the challenges that come with resettlement, especially for minorities and other less empoweredgroups?

Author Biography

Jo Beall is Director, Education and Society at the British Council. Formerly, she was Professor of Development Studies, Department of International Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis is Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

Ravi Kanbur is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Foreword by Finn Tarp	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction
Creating Place for the Displaced: Migration and Urbanization in Asia	p. 3
Globalization and Urbanization
Globalization and Exclusionary Urban Growth in Asian Countries	p. 19
ICT Sector, Globalization, and Urban Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangalore	p. 49
Place and Identity on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study	p. 73
Migration and Urbanization
Globalizing Shanghai: International Migration and the Global City	p. 97
Globalizing Households and Multi-ethnic Community Building in Japan	p. 125
Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in Japan	p. 148
Governance and Urbanization
High Stakes, High Leverage: The Case for Efficient Urban Form in China	p. 179
Fiscal Decentralization and Urbanization in Indonesia	p. 201
Moderating Urbanization and Managing Growth: How Can Colombo Prevent the Emerging Chaos?	p. 222
Women in Urban Settings
Women and Landed Property in Urban India: Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity	p. 245
Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma: A Case Study of India	p. 268
Infrastructure in Urban Peripheries
Why Do Peri-urban Households Invest in Improved, Piped Water? A Case Study from Can Tho, Vietnam	p. 289
The Excluded Poor: How Targeting Has Left Out the Poor in Peripheral Cities in the Philippines	p. 311
Notes on Contributors	p. 331
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