Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities - New Development Trajectories (Hardcover)

During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth. In Asia-Pacific the rise of service industries has lead to national modernization programmes and globalization strategies. Services are also driving change in the internal form of city regions and are being actively deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land use changes. These changes have created problems such as social polarization and the displacement of traditional industries and residential districts. Also, there are tensions between local and global processes in the development of service industries, and between the imperatives of competitive advantage and sustainable development.
"Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities" brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2004
Editors:	Peter W. Daniels • Kong Chong Ho • Tom Hutton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-32749-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-32749-0
Barcode:	9780415327497

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!