Malaysia, modernity, and the multimedia super corridor

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.

subjects: Economic conditions,  Economic policy,  Information technology,  Regional planning,  Regional planning, asia,  Malaysia, economic policy,  Malaysia, economic conditions,  Aménagement du territoire,  Technologie de l'information,  Politique économique,  Conditions économiques,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Economic history

Places: Malaysia