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"The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades. The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia offers a collection of the major streams and themes in the studies of the cities in the region. A focus on the urbanization process rather than the city as an object opens the topic more broadly to bring together different perspectives. This timely handbook presents these diverse views to build a clearer understanding of theoretical contributions of urban studies in Southeast Asia and to provide a complete collection of scholarly works that are thematically structured and a useful tool for teaching urbanization in Southeast Asia"--

"The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades. The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia offers a collection of the major streams and themes in the studies of the cities in the region. A focus on the urbanization process rather than the city as an object opens the topic more broadly to bring together different perspectives. This timely handbook presents these diverse views to build a clearer understanding of theoretical contributions of urban studies in Southeast Asia and to provide a complete collection of scholarly works that are thematically structured and a useful tool for teaching urbanization in Southeast Asia"--

Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia- Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Urbanization and the city -- Contemporary urbanization challenges in Southeast Asia -- Studying urbanization in Southeast Asia -- The book structure -- Limitations and future research -- References -- PART I: Theorizing urbanization in Southeast Asia -- Overview: theorizing urbanization in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 1: Gateways, corridors and peripheries -- Urban Southeast Asia 'discovered' -- Gateways and corridors -- Mainland Southeast Asia -- Island Southeast Asia -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Peri-urban transformations in Southeast Asia -- Encircling the countryside -- Squeezing the farmer -- Opening the peri-urban zone -- Peri-urban industrialization -- Seeking the suburban life -- Expelled by rising land values -- Migrant factory workers -- Degrading the environment -- Peri-urban governance -- Lacking planning capacity -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Knowledge, creativity and the city -- Knowledge, creativity and human capital -- Knowledge and the university city -- Creativity and the city -- Towards a new theoretical architecture -- References -- Chapter 4: Aspiration in urban(izing) Southeast Asia -- Powers of movement: aspiration and mobility -- Remaking (oneself through) the city -- City landscapes and/as middle-class aspirations -- Globalizing aspirations: relationality, world-classism and the model city -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The politics of increments in collective urban action -- Introduction: relational infrastructures -- Mimetic zones -- Practices of the incremental -- Temporal increments and acts of captivation -- Note -- References

AbstractDiscussions on social movements in Asian cities are inseparable from the abundance of public rallies in the region. In this article, I look at the case of Thamrin‐Sudirman, the main thoroughfare in Jakarta, Indonesia, to uncover how physical urban spaces constituting part of the city as living systems broaden the reach of social movements' agendas. The study involved continuous observation at rallies, interviews with social movement leaders and participants, and a look at simultaneous public rallies in various cities. This article analyzes the sites of public rallies as 'megaphones', based on the patterns of issues featured in the rallies, the groups participating, and the nodes and paths that they constructed. Two key dimensions of the megaphone are: (1) the symbolic and historical significance of the sites of rallies; (2) the relationship between the space and the media. Particular sites in cities become places where information is gathered, distributed and transferred through the media, facilitating a network among cities. This article concludes that cities are agents of political actions that amplify ideas and spread them across the globe. The urban centers' megaphonic function results from the synergy between the public space in the built environment and the public sphere, and is reflective of the recentering of the city.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Cities by and for the People -- 2 How to Prove You are Not a Squatter -- 3 Inhabitants of Spontaneous Settlements in Bangkok: Networks and Actions Changing the Contemporary Metropolis -- 4 Collaborative Urban Farming Networks in Bangkok -- 5 The Struggle to Create Alternative Urban Spaces -- 6 Making the Music Scene, Making Singapore -- 7 Connecting with Society and People through 'Art Projects' in an Era of Personalization -- 8 Activating Alternatives in Public Market Trade -- 9 From Street Hawkers to Public Markets -- 10 Street Vending from the Right to the City Approach -- 11 Surviving Existence through a Built Form -- 12 Ethnic Place-Making in Cosmopolis -- Index -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- Figure 2.1 Maps of (a) Jakarta, (b) Indonesia, (c) Kampung Pulo -- Figure 3.1 Maps of (a) Thailand and (b) Bangkok with Pom Mahakan and Bang Bua -- Figure 3.2 Tolerated spontaneous extensions on shophouses, around Ratchathewi BTS Station -- Figure 3.3 Pom Mahakan's domestic architecture and traditions: Thai massage, cock fighting, fireworks, bird cages -- Figure 3.4 Two phases: a permanent hairdresser's shop on the sidewalk (left, 2007) -- a repair shop and a grocery under consolidation (right), Klong Toey Lock 1-10 -- Figure 3.5 Rented areas for spontaneous commercial structures behind the yellow line. Bonkai housing estate's commercial corridor -- Figure 4.1 Maps of (a) Thailand and (b) Bangkok and urban farms -- Figure 4.2 City farm training programme -- Figure 4.3 Community gardens developed on vacant land -- Figure 4.4 Communicative forum for urban farming networks to deliberate -- Figure 5.1 Maps of (a) Mong Kok District, (b) Hong Kong, and (c) Mong Kok Neighbourhood -- Figure 5.2 Banner on the ground to attract attention -- Figure 5.3 Banner on the ground to define the performance area