SOUTH EAST ASIAN CITY MODEL

ABOUT THE MODEL

• McGee found no formal CBD
• There are seperate clusters of elements of the CBD
• New industrial estate- (area planned for new industrial development)
• Western commercial zone-(shops, offices, theaters, restaurants)
• Alien commercial zone- (dominated by Chinese)

KEY CONCEPTS

• High-class residential zones that stem from the center.
• The Southeast Asian City Middle-class residential zones that occur in middle or inner-city areas.
• Low-income squatter settlements that occur on the outside.

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EXAMPLES

• Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Many more medium-sized cities in SE Asia