The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale projects and how various actors both realize and challenge these goals. It advances the argument that megaprojects embody the dynamics of multiscalar strategic relations that determine the process and outcome of urbanization.

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Hyun Bang Shin is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies and Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Dong-Wan Gimm is Associate Professor of Urban Studies in the Department of Sociology, Kyungnam University, Changwon.

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1. Situating Megaprojects in Asia's Political Economy of Urbanization Hyun Bang Shin and Dong-Wan Gimm 2. Seeing Gangnam Like a State: An Exemplary Model of National Megaproject in South Korea Dong-Wan Gimm 3. Coping With Crises in (Post-)Developmental Urbanization: The Case Study of Songdo International City, South Korea Hyun Bang Shin and Do Young Oh 4. Taoyuan Aerotropolis Project as New Zone-City: The Assemblage of Smart Urbanism in Taiwan Shu-wei Chang and Jinn-yuh Hsu 5. Multiscalar Dynamics Driving India's Urban Megaprojects: Speculative Urbanization and the IT Corridor in Chennai Loraine Kennedy 6. Production of State-Capital Relations Through Megaprojects in Istanbul: The Third Airport Case Çär Çar kç 7. Guangzhou's Majestic Axis: The Political Reinvention of Urban Form Francesca Frassoldati and Alessandro Armando 8. Land-for-Infrastructure Deals and the Post-Politicization of Urban Governance in Penang, Malaysia Creighton Connolly 9. Between Megaprojects and Micro-Politics: Planning and the Post-Liberalization Indian City Shoshana R. Goldstein 10. Manufacturing Cities: Industrial Policy and Urban Planning in India Neha Sami and Shriya Anand