Pacific Asia (Routledge Introductions to Development)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of plates......Page 10
List of figures......Page 12
List of tables......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction: the regional character......Page 18
Pacific Asia in its global setting......Page 20
Key ideas......Page 33
An historical geography of Pacific Asia......Page 34
The pre-colonial period......Page 37
Case study A: Angkor, Cambodia    a pre-colonial empire......Page 38
Mercantile colonialism......Page 42
Industrial colonialism......Page 44
Case study B: Vietnam    colonialism and its impact......Page 46
Late colonialism......Page 53
The colonial legacy......Page 58
Key ideas......Page 61
Physical and human resource management: Malaysia and Papua New Guinea......Page 62
Non-agricultural resource exploitation: some background considerations......Page 64
Case study C: Papua New Guinea    Ok Tedi bares its soul......Page 65
Malaysia: some environmental impacts of non-agricultural exploitation resource......Page 67
Case study D: At loggerheads in Sarawak......Page 71
Papua New Guinea: the fusion of physical and human resource exploitation and reaction......Page 73
Human resource potential: exploitation or realization?......Page 77
Case study E: Hong Kong    not so fragrant harbour......Page 83
Case study F: Water and health......Page 87
Key ideas......Page 88
Rural and regional development......Page 89
Explaining spatial inequality......Page 92
Case study G: Food dependency......Page 94
Policies for rural and regional development......Page 95
Case study H: Malaysia    winners and losers in the green revolution......Page 97
Integrated rural development......Page 98
Thailand: regional imbalance and rural poverty......Page 100
Vietnam: reunification, rural and regional development......Page 106
South Korea: growth and equity......Page 110
Conclusions: a comparison of Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea......Page 114
Key ideas......Page 115
Population growth and mobility......Page 116
Case study I: Singapore and Malaysia    family planning in reverse......Page 119
Population movements in Pacific Asia......Page 120
Case study J: Hong Kong    urban or international migration......Page 123
Indonesian population movements......Page 128
Key ideas......Page 135
Ethnic plurality and development in Malaysia......Page 136
Case study K: Burma    an ethnic kaleidoscope......Page 138
From Malacca to Malaysia: the evolution of the modern state......Page 143
Years of illusion: 1957 to 1970......Page 148
Years of disillusion: the New Economic Policy since 1970......Page 150
Conclusion: present and future problems for Malaysia......Page 156
Key ideas......Page 157
Industrialization and the four little tigers......Page 158
Pacific Asia\'s four little tigers......Page 159
A Pacific Asian model for industrial development......Page 166
Case study L: Guangdong    Pacific Asia\'s fifth tiger......Page 167
Social change and economic growth......Page 170
Case study M: Domestic workers in the Philippines garment industries......Page 171
Key ideas......Page 174
Urbanization and urban planning in Hong Kong......Page 176
Post-colonial trends in economic and urban growth......Page 178
The evolution of contemporary Hong Kong......Page 180
Urban transportation......Page 185
Case study N: Singapore    incorporation of the bus system......Page 187
Case study O: Kuala Lumpur    the rise of the minibus......Page 192
Planning for the city-region......Page 193
Key ideas......Page 199
Gender and development: migration, urbanization and industrialization in Taiwan......Page 200
The evolution of gender roles in development......Page 202
Women\'s work in the city: some theoretical ideas......Page 205
Case study P: Women\'s work patterns in Filipino cities......Page 206
Women in the workforce in Pacific Asia......Page 214
Case study Q: From traditionalism to socialism    women and rapid change in Laos......Page 217
Economic development and urbanization in Taipei......Page 220
Female migration to Taipei......Page 222
Key ideas......Page 225
Further reading and review questions......Page 227
Index......Page 232