Mobility and Employment in Urban Southeast Asia: Examples from Indonesia and the Philippines

by Michael A. Costello

Overview

This study represents a new generation of inquiry that attempts to gain a better understanding of smaller urban places in the remote and frontier regions in Southeast Asia. A set of intriguing hypotheses attempting to unravel the complicated relationships between population movements and employment opportunities as they relate to the growth of certain urban places and the rural hinterland have been posited. The study is aimed at illuminating the processes of urbanization and development in North Sumatra Province of Indonesia and the Central Visayas and Northern Mindanao regions of the Philippines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429712647
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Costello, Michael A.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 The Study Areas 3 Social and Economic Characteristics of Migrants and Non-migrants, 4 Reasons for Coming to the City and Subsequent Outcomes, 5 Employment Patterns of Migrants 6 Migrant and Non-migrant Perceptions 7 Characteristics of Circulation and Circulators 8 Synthesis and Policy Implications