This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

Section 1: Services and Development in the Asia-Pacific-Theory and Context Section 2: Services and Urban Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sectoral Perspectives Section 3: Services and Urban Development in the Asia-Pacific: City Case-Studies. Bibliography. Index

Peter W. Daniels is Professor of Geography at the University of Birmingham, Tom Hutton is Associate Professor at the Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, and Ho Kong Chong is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.