Overview

Based on fieldwork in Kuala Lumpur, this book provides a critical examination of the socio-spatial transformation of urban Malaysia. In the late twentieth century Kuala Lumpur experienced a spectacular redevelopment of urban space and the emergence 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. This study first provides a theoretical reworking of geographies of modernity and details the emergence of a globally-orientated, 'high-tech' stage of national development. The Multimedia Super Corridor is framed in terms of a fully developed, modern Malaysia before the author traces an imagined trajectory through surrounding landscapes in the late 1990s. Beginning at the site of the world's tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers, the reader is then taken southward to examine Putrajaya and Cyberjaya as spaces of government for 'intelligent' modern citizens. The journey ends at the new international airport where the necessity of 'global' connectivity legitimized the destruction of indigenous territory. 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.

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Author:   Tim Bunnell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415256346

ISBN 10:   0415256348
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   25 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Introduction Part 1 Framing Malaysia: Concept and Context 2. Modernity, Space and the Government of Landscape 3. Positioning Malaysia: Connections, Division and Development Part 2 On Route 2020 4. Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC): Global Reorientation 5. Putrajaya and Cyberjaya: Intelligent Cities, Intelligent Citizens 6. Beneath the Intelligent Cities: Socio-spatial Dividing Practices 7. Conclusion Reference

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'A valuable contribution to explicating Malaysia's choice, rationale and pitfalls of its development.' Yue-Man Yeung, Urban Studies 'There are many strengths to this book, including a tight and well-organized presentation, large and clear illustrations, detailed references and a comprehensive index. it should be welcomed by the scholarly community and government officials interested in seeking to understand how a dynamic nation in south-east Asia charts its own course of nation-building and development in the twentieth century.' Yue-Man Yeung, Urban Studies

<p>'A valuable contribution to explicating Malaysia's choice, rationale and pitfalls of its development.' <p>Yue-Man Yeung, Urban Studies<p>'There are many strengths to this book, including a tight and well-organized presentation, large and clear illustrations, detailed references and a comprehensive index. it should be welcomed by the scholarly community and government officials interested in seeking to understand how a dynamic nation in south-east Asia charts its own course of nation-building and development in the twentieth century.'<p>Yue-Man Yeung, Urban Studies

Author Information

Tim Bunnell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore.

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