Southeast Asia contains four urban conglomerates, this study characterizes them as Mega-Urban Regions - Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh. It examines these locations along with Taipei and Shanghai.
Gavin Jones is Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Michael Douglass is the Executive Director of the Globalization Research Center and a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Manoa