Service industries and Asia-Pacific cities : new development trajectories /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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Colección: | Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ;
57. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 020339058X 9780203390580 9780415327497 0415327490 1280152338 9781280152337 |