Malaysia, modernity, and the multimedia super corridor
Subtitle: a critical geography of intelligent landscapes
By: Tim Bunnell.
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Regional planning -- Malaysia.; Information technology -- Malaysia.; Malaysia -- Economic policy.; Malaysia -- Economic conditions.
Description: "Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the socio-spatial transformation of the country's main urban region. In the late twentieth century Kuala Lumpur experienced a spectacular redevelopment of urban space while the city formed part of an extended metropolitan area. Particular attention is paid here to the development of the Multimedia Super Corridor, a high-tech zone which extends fifty kilometres from the capital, and includes two new 'intelligent' cities, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya." "As the first book-length academic analysis of the development of Kuala Lumpur and the construction of the Multimedia Super Corridor, this work offers a situated, contextual account which will appeal to all those with research interests in Asian Urban Studies and Asian Sociology."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.