Title Southeast Asia transformed : a geography of change / edited by Chia Lin Sien

Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Environment and development issues Environment and development issues. Contents Geopolitical change / Vivian Louis Forbes -- Demographic change and implications / Graeme Hugo -- Environment and natural resources / Tony Greer and Martin Perry -- Southeast Asian agriculture post-1960 / Rodolphe de Koninck -- Evolving rural-urban relations and livelihoods / Jonathan Rigg -- Changing spaces / Philip F. Kelly and T.G. McGee -- The spatial impact of innovations in international sea and air transport since 1960 / Peter J. Rimmer -- Information highways and digital divides / Neil M. Coe -- Business networking and the changing industrial landscape / Martin Perry -- Trade networks in Southeast Asia and emerging patterns / Jessie P.H. Poon -- Tourism development in Southeast Asia / Wong Poh Poh Summary Southeast Asia, with a total population of 520 million, remains a region characterized by fragmentation, diversity, and considerable internal conflict despite the unifying influence of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), formed some thirty-five years ago. In the new millennium, it has lost the distinction of being one of the world's faster growing group of economies since the 1997 financial crisis. While it has benefited from the winds of globalization, it has now to cope with the painful adjustments to problems that stem from the inadequacies of good governance and structural Bibliography Includes bibliographicas references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record In ISEAS e-books Subject Sustainable development -- Southeast Asia Geopolitics -- Southeast Asia Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Southeast Asia Transportation -- Southeast Asia Urbanization -- Southeast Asia Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Southeast Asia Tourism -- Southeast Asia Business. business (commercial function) Agriculture -- Economic aspects Business Commerce Geopolitics Information technology -- Economic aspects Sustainable development Tourism Transportation Urbanization Transformatie. SUBJECT Southeast Asia -- Commerce Subject Southeast Asia Form Electronic book Author Chia, Lin Sien ISBN 9789812305787 9812305785

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