METROPOLIS AND MEGA URBAN REGION IN PACIFIC ASIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Urbanisation in late 20th Century Pacific Asia is producing diverse kinds of urban development. Representations of the process of metropolitan growth have taken four important forms: the extended metropolitan region; regional economic zones; world cities; and the idea of the megaurban corridor. These representations reflect postcolonial concerns with non‐Eurocentric interpretations of indigenous forms of urban development, though they are limited by a dependence on Western concepts of globalisation and restricted recognition of indigenous portrayals of urban life. A case study of Ho Chi Minh City explores constructions of the city contained in planning and scholarly interpretations, juxtaposed with a cinematic representation.

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