The Pacific Asia region / Chris Dixon and David Drakakis-Smith -- The growth economies of Pacific Asia in their changing global context / Peter Dicken -- What's in it for us? Images of Pacific Asian development / Dean Forbes -- The impact of foreign direct investment on the geographical pattern of foreign trade flows in Pacific Asia with special reference to Taiwan / Claes Alvstam -- The role of the state in the economic transformation of East Asia / Jeffrey Henderson -- Asean economies : continuing dynamic growth in the 1990s / John Wong -- Footprints in space : spatial restructuring in the East Asian NICs 1950-90 / Terry C. McGee and George C.S. Lin -- China : the consequences of liberalization / Denis Dwyer -- Transition in a centrally planned economy : the impact and potential of economic reform in Viet Nam / Richard Vokes and Ingrid Palmer -- North Korea in Pacific Asia / Aidan Foster-Carter -- Conclusion : towards the Pacific century? / Chris Dixon and David Drakakis-Smith
Summary
The economies of Pacific Asia are the world's most rapidly expanding, but evidence suggests that there is no one model of development and that huge differences prevail. World authorities examine the rise of ASEAN countries and assess future growth
Analysis
Social conditions
South-East Asia
Notes
"This volume has its origins in the Second Geographical Symposium held at the University of Keele in September 1990"--Preface