{"id":5426,"date":"2019-03-14T23:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2019-03-20T15:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T06:04:50","slug":"fy2015iv-14endo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/en\/fy2015iv-14endo\/","title":{"rendered":"IV-14. “The Urban Dynamics and Stratification in the Global Cities in Southeast Asia” (H27 FY2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This workshop focuses on global cities in Southeast Asia and seeks a new framework for analyzing, both theoretically and empirically, the recent urban dynamism, internal working, and stratification in the cities. The targets are Southeast Asian cities such as Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila, where compressed changes are typically observed and as a result, evince multilayered internal structure. The workshop also aims to create an academic arena for young academics with different backgrounds, such as area studies, economics and political science, and use this opportunity to plan future joint projects on Southeast Asian mega cities.<\/p>\n
Urbanization in Southeast Asia has been rapidly proceeding in tandem with those in other areas around the world. Global cities in Southeast Asia have become global hubs of finance, production, and consumption, and the urban network has been expanding. These cities are experiencing \u2018compressed changes\u2019 in economy and society, followed by multilayered stratification. They are different from the kind of cities described in the \u201cAsian Mega City\u201d book series (Osaka City University Project) based on research in the 1990s. This workshop will conduct a survey of new urban theories and empirical analysis and adopt a multi-disciplinary framework for future analysis of recent cities\u2019 dynamics. In 2015, we will organize three seminars to discuss the theoretical framework and review urban studies by other scholars of the frontier. In 2016, we will use secondary data to analyze urban stratification and seek to employ new analytical framework.<\/p>\n
The features and structures of urban economics and society-in other words, economic functions, employment opportunities and social situations created therein are not determined only by domestic factors but also by international factors. Our theoretical and empirical study of cities will present a new analytical perspective and understanding of what is actually happening on the ground in Southeast Asia, using the \u2018city\u2019 as an analytical unit rather than \u2018nation state\u2019. After we finish this workshop series, we aim to plan and apply for external funding to promote theoretical and empirical urban research project and publish our findings in both English and Japanese and make the new study of Asian Mega-Cities available to international audiences.<\/p>\n