Secondary Cities are An Untapped Resource
By Stuart Macdonald
June 2012 FEATURE
The concentration on capital cities has been an unspoken policy in Asean countries over the last half century. This has brought growth that has many detrimental effects. Now when the global economy is experiencing its deepest crisis since the 1930s, how secondary cities can contribute not only economically but also by altering our understanding of development should be discussed.Chiang Mai, Thailand.With the slowdown of the world economy, many growth estimates across the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are being...
Stuart Macdonald
is a fellow and head of Urban Studies at Penang Institute.
