Routledge handbook of urbanization in southeast asia

This collection of essays represents a major contribution in the understanding of the contemporary urbanization process in the diverse region of Southeast Asia It is significant because its shifts the focus from the economic role of urban centers to a concern with the “urban condition” recognizing the human challenges of the urban life which is now a reality for the majority of Southeast Asians Its interdisciplinary approach encompasses themes such as patterns and the production of urban space, processes of the urban transition (including migration), development discontents, environmental governance and alternative urban development strategies This collection frames a new debate about urbanization that is rewriting the narrative of Southeast Asian urbanization Terry McGee, University of British Columbia ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia offers a collection of the major streams and themes in the studies of the cities in the region A focus on the urbanization process rather than the city as an object opens the topic more broadly to bring together different perspectives This timely handbook presents these diverse views to build a clearer understanding of theoretical contributions of urban studies in Southeast Asia and to provide a complete collection of scholarly works that are thematically structured and a useful tool for teaching urbanization in Southeast Asia Following the introduction by the editor, the handbook is structured along central, emerging themes It contains six parts, which are each introduced by the editor: •• •• •• •• •• •• Theorizing urbanization in Southeast Asia Migration, networks and identities Development and discontents Environmental governance The social production of the urban fabric Social change and alternative development This handbook will be an essential reference work for scholars interested in Urban Studies, cities and urbanization in Asia, and Southeast Asian Studies Rita Padawangi is a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences Her research interests and projects cover the sociology of architecture, participatory urban development and social movements, with a focus on Southeast Asia She is also a coordinator of the Southeast Asia Neighborhoods Network, an initiative that involves urban studies scholars on Southeast Asia from various disciplines to combine field research, teaching and civic engagement on cities and their neighborhoods in the region ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by Rita Padawangi First published 2019 by Routledge Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business  2019 selection and editorial matter, Rita Padawangi; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Rita Padawangi to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Padawangi, Rita, editor Title: Routledge handbook of urbanization in Southeast Asia / edited by Rita Padawangi Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 | Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers: LCCN 2018025632| ISBN 9781138681590 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315562889 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Urbanization—Southeast Asia Classification: LCC HT384.A785 R68 2019 | DDC 307.760959—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025632 ISBN: 978-1-138-68159-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-56288-9 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK CONTENTS List of figures List of tables List of contributors xii xv xvi Introduction Rita Padawangi PART I Theorizing urbanization in Southeast Asia Overview: theorizing urbanization in Southeast Asia Rita Padawangi   Gateways, corridors and peripheries Peter J Rimmer and Howard Dick   Peri-urban transformations in Southeast Asia Yap Kioe Sheng 31   Knowledge, creativity and the city Dean Forbes 43   Aspiration in urban(izing) Southeast Asia Tim Bunnell, Daniel P.S Goh and Huiying Ng 54   The politics of increments in collective urban action AbdouMaliq Simone 64 vii Contents   Provisional notes on semi-urbanism Abidin Kusno 75   Some conceptual and methodological issues in studying urbanization in Southeast Asia Gavin W Jones 90   Challenges and opportunities of comparative urbanism: the case of Brunei-Miri and Singapore-Iskandar Malaysia Sin Yee Koh 101   Debilitating city-centricity: urbanization and urban-rural hybridity in Southeast Asia Stephen Cairns 115 PART II Migration, networks and identities 131 Overview: migration, networks and identities Rita Padawangi 133 10 Longing and belonging in a global city: skilled migrants in Singaporean urban space Michiel Baas 11 Marginalized migrants and urbanization in Southeast Asia Laavanya Kathiravelu and George Wong 12 Women workers and urban imagination in Indonesia’s industrial town Nicolaas Warouw 13 God’s many faces: religious pluralism in urban Southeast Asia Teresita Cruz-del Rosario 135 146 157 168 14 Between tradition and modernity: the ritual politics of indigenous cultural heritage in urbanizing Sabah, East Malaysia Yunci Cai 179 15 Networks beyond the nation: urban histories of northern Thailand and beyond Taylor Easum 191 viii Contents PART III Development and discontents 203 Overview: development and discontents Rita Padawangi 205 16 Mega-regionalization of a nation: Philippine mega-regions and the impulse to globalize Arnisson Andre C Ortega 207 17 Kota Kinabalu: checkered past, present challenges, bright future? Simone Shu-Yeng Chung and Robin Chung 221 18 Transforming Kuala Lumpur: hybrid urbanisms in motion Yeoh Seng-Guan 239 19 From socialist modernism to market modernism? Master-planned developments in post-reform Vietnam Hoai Anh Tran 249 20 Peri-urbanization in the Surabaya metropolitan area: an industrial transformation perspective Delik Hudalah, Tania Benita and Ikrar Eka Praya Gumilar 265 21 Contesting development: youth and industrial labor in peri-urban Banten, Indonesia Suzanne Naafs 277 22 Transportation development and urbanization in the Bangkok metropolitan region Saksith Chalermpong 288 23 Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island: city of spectacle Teri Shaffer Yamada PART IV 307 Environmental governance 321 Overview: environmental governance Rita Padawangi 323 24 An assessment of disaster risk and resilience in rapidly urbanizing ASEAN cities Karl Kim and Lily Bui ix 325 ... about urbanization that is rewriting the narrative of Southeast Asian urbanization Terry McGee, University of British Columbia ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA The study of urbanization. .. reflected in the works of various scholars that result in diverse ways in looking at urbanization in Southeast Asia, as covered in this handbook Studying urbanization in Southeast Asia The different... urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia offers a collection of the major streams and themes in