scholarly journals URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN CITY REGIONS: THE CASE OF KUALALUMPUR AND HONGKONG

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suharto Teriman ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Mayere Severine
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
City Regions

Major South-East Asian city-regions have experienced considerable physical, economic and social transformations during the past three decades. The rapid pace of globalisation and economic restructuring has resulted in these city-regions receiving the full impact of urbanisation pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, city-regions such as Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have advocate growth management approaches giving particular interest to urban sustainability. These approaches promote efforts to achieve the triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection, and putting more emphasis on compact and optimum development of urban forms. This paper evaluates the case of two South-East Asian city-regions, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development. The findings show that sustainable urban development initiatives employing a top down approach has yielded encouraging results in these case study city-regions. However the need for a more concerted effort towards the overall sustainability agenda still remains vital.

scholarly journals URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN CITY REGIONS: THE CASE OF KUALALUMPUR AND HONGKONG

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suharto Teriman ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Mayere Severine
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
City Regions

Major South-East Asian city-regions have experienced considerable physical, economic and social transformations during the past three decades. The rapid pace of globalisation and economic restructuring has resulted in these city-regions receiving the full impact of urbanisation pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, city-regions such as Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have advocate growth management approaches giving particular interest to urban sustainability. These approaches promote efforts to achieve the triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection, and putting more emphasis on compact and optimum development of urban forms. This paper evaluates the case of two South-East Asian city-regions, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development. The findings show that sustainable urban development initiatives employing a top down approach has yielded encouraging results in these case study city-regions. However the need for a more concerted effort towards the overall sustainability agenda still remains vital.

scholarly journals Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development in South East Asia

2010 ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Suharto Teriman ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Severine Mayere
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization

Many South East Asian cities have experienced substantial physical, economic and social transformations during the past several decades. The rapid pace of globalization and economic restructuring has resulted in these cities receiving the full impact of urbanization pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have advocated growth management approaches focusing especially on urban infrastructure sustainability. These approaches aim to achieve triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection. This chapter evaluates three Asia-Pacific city cases, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms and infrastructure whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development.

Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development in South East Asia

2011 ◽  
pp. 1059-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suharto Teriman ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Severine Mayere
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization

Many South East Asian cities have experienced substantial physical, economic and social transformations during the past several decades. The rapid pace of globalization and economic restructuring has resulted in these cities receiving the full impact of urbanization pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have advocated growth management approaches focusing especially on urban infrastructure sustainability. These approaches aim to achieve triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection. This chapter evaluates three Asia-Pacific city cases, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms and infrastructure whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development.

China’s urban development in context: Variegated geographies of city-regionalism and managing the territorial politics of urban development

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew EG Jonas
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Territorial Politics ◽  
Chinese State ◽  
New City ◽  
State Territory

China’s urban development is often regarded as exceptional in terms of both the pace of urbanisation and the size and territorial reach of the country’s constituent city-regions. This commentary examines the variegated role of city-regionalism in the internationalisation and domestic management of Chinese state territory, and considers how the rise of new city-regional urban forms inside China is transforming the politics of urban development. China urban development processes are neither exclusively unique nor are they resistant to general theorisation; instead they are essentially comparable and therefore amenable to further theoretical interpretation.

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