 SE Asia is more urbanized than the figures show  Where do the urban populations live? Giant cities? Intermediate cities? Small towns?  Analysis of mega-urban region dynamics  Development of mega-urban corridors  Are SE Asian cities distinctive? Or is a Los Angelization” taking place?  How are cities viewed by governments in power?

Indonesia (44.3)(48.1)(53.7) Malaysia Thailand Philippines Vietnam Myanmar Cambodia Laos SE ASIA Source : UN Population Division, The Indonesian figures for 2010, 2020 and 2030 are in brackets because they are clearly too low compared with the measured 2010 figure of 49.0.

<500, ,000 to 1 million 1 to 5 million 5 to 10 million >10 million Source: Zlotnik, 2004

SIZE GROUP MALAYSIA 5+million million ,000-1 million <500, All sizes100 INDONESIA 5+million million ,000-1 million <500, All sizes100 Source: Calculated from UN Population Division, 2011.

Area (sq. km) PopulationDensity (per sq. km.) Population growth rate (av. ann.) JAKARTA Core 662 8,223 8,34712,42112, Inner zone2,374 5,434 9,435 2,289 3, Outer zone3,139 3,442 3,407 1,097 1, Total6,17517,09821,190 2,769 3, Indonesia1.5 BANGKOK Core 8765,445 5,876 6,215 6, Inner zone1,9071,596 2, , Outer zone4,4651,593 2, Total7,2488,63410,419 1,172 1, Thailand1.4 MANILA Core 633 7,907 9,88012,55115, Inner zone3,105 4,183 6,365 1,345 2, Outer zone8,323 3,819 5, Total12,06115,90921,613 1,324 1, Philippines2.1 HO CHI MINH Core 170 2,3203,20313,64718, Inner zone ,078 1,465 1, Outer zone1, Total2,095 3,9245,037 1,873 2, Vietnam1.7 SHANGHAI Core 605 8,027 9,93413,26716, Inner zone1,753 2,207 3,292 1,259 1, Outer zone3,944 3,108 3, Total6,30213,34216,408 2,117 2, China1.1 TAIPEI Core 272 2,7302,62410,0479, Inner zone 890 3,9934,923 4,4865, Outer zone2, Total3, 678 7,4568,542 2,0272, Taiwan0.9 Note: Ho Chi Minh City populations are for 1989 and Source: Jones and Douglass (eds), 2008, Table 3.1.

JakartaBangkokManilaHCMCShanghaiTaipei % outside core % growth outside core % outside core Source: Jones and Douglass (eds), 2008, Table 3.2

JakartaBangkokManilaHCMCShanghaiTaipei Source: Jones and Douglass, 2008, Table 3.3.

Population – core plus inner zone Growth rate (av. ann. -%) City Core plus inner zone Total Mega Urban Region Whole Country Urban * Jakarta13,65717, Bangkok7,0418, Manila12,09016, HCMC3,2244, Shanghai10,23413, Taipei6,7237, * Including non-urban parts of the MUR Source: Jones and Douglass, 2008, Table 3.4

Mega- urban region Core Density of inner zone Density of outer zone Density of entire MUR Populati on (‘000) Area (sq. km.) Density Mumbai*11, ,7588,2501,0714,549 Jakarta 8, ,6103,9751,0853,432 Manila 9, ,6422, ,641 Bangkok 5, ,7091, ,414 Shanghai 9, ,4151, ,603 Data for 2001 Source: For Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila and Shanghai, Jones, 2008, Table 3.1. For Mumbai, Bhagat and Jones, 2013, Tables 1 and 4. Inner zone includes: for Mumbai, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM); for Jakarta, the DKI Jakarta; for Bangkok, most of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plus part of Nonthaburi Province; for Manila, Metro Manila; for Shanghai, Districts 1-9, plus densely settled parts of surrounding districts contiguous to the nine districts.

Number of votersBarisan NasionalPakatan RakyatTotal 50,000 and below ,000 to 65, ,000 to 80, More than 80, Source: Adapted from Lee, 2013, Table 6.

JakartaBangkokManilaHCMCShanghaiTaipei Core Inner zone Outer zone Mega urban region Negative 60.9 Negative n.a Negative n.a. Source: Jones and Douglass, 2008, Table 3.5