Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia

Looks at functional characteristics and linkage effects of Pacific Asia’s world cities against the background of global economic restructuring since the 1980s, examining cities as individual entities, in their regional setting, and in the context of subregional cooperative development environments. Emphasis is on the functional importance and complexity of world cities in the global and regional economies. Of theoretical and policy interest to scholars, planners, policy makers, and those with business interests in Asia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.