Population and Settlement: Subsistence, Migration, Cities (cont.) Urban Settlement Southeast Asia is less than 30% urbanized Many of the countries have primate cities region’s (single, large urban settlements that overshadow all others) » Efforts to encourage growth of secondary cities Squatter settlements are Kuala Lumpur is Southeast largest city Asia’s » Development from government and private investors produced a modern city with the tallest world’s building, the Petronis Towers Singapore is a city-state, with modern infrastructure and no squatter settlements
Population and Settlement: Subsistence, Migration, Cities (cont.) Urban Settlement Southeast Asia is less than 30% urbanized Many of the region’s countries have primate cities (single, large urban settlements that overshadow all others) » Efforts to encourage growth of secondary cities Squatter settlements are Kuala Lumpur is Southeast Asia’s largest city » Development from government and private investors produced a modern city with the world’s tallest building, the Petronis Towers Singapore is a city-state, with modern infrastructure and no squatter settlements
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