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Patterns of Development on the Metropolitan Fringe: Urban Fringe Expansion in Bangkok, Jakarta, and Santiago
This paper revisits the question of how best to characterize settlements on the metropolitan fringe of developing countries. We examine the socioeconomic composition and structure of such urban fringe settlements, using three sets of household surveys undertaken in Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia), and Santiago (Chile) during June-August 1990. The findings reveal the metropolitan fringe areas to be populated mainly by middle- and lower-middle-income households formally employed in service occupations. Informal economic activity exists, but is not significant. Micro-enterprises are the exception. Most fringe residents had moved from other neighborhoods within the capital city rather than from rural settlements. Linkages to rural areas and to agriculture are largely absent; the fringe is spatially and functionally well-integrated into the metropolitan economy. The paper recommends that foreign-assistance program officers and local planners resist global “common themes” or approaches to development planning unique to metropolitan fringe areas.
Patterns of Development on the Metropolitan Fringe: Urban Fringe Expansion in Bangkok, Jakarta, and Santiago
This paper revisits the question of how best to characterize settlements on the metropolitan fringe of developing countries. We examine the socioeconomic composition and structure of such urban fringe settlements, using three sets of household surveys undertaken in Bangkok (Thailand), Jakarta (Indonesia), and Santiago (Chile) during June-August 1990. The findings reveal the metropolitan fringe areas to be populated mainly by middle- and lower-middle-income households formally employed in service occupations. Informal economic activity exists, but is not significant. Micro-enterprises are the exception. Most fringe residents had moved from other neighborhoods within the capital city rather than from rural settlements. Linkages to rural areas and to agriculture are largely absent; the fringe is spatially and functionally well-integrated into the metropolitan economy. The paper recommends that foreign-assistance program officers and local planners resist global “common themes” or approaches to development planning unique to metropolitan fringe areas.
Patterns of Development on the Metropolitan Fringe: Urban Fringe Expansion in Bangkok, Jakarta, and Santiago
Browder, John O. (author) / Bohland, James R. (author) / Scarpaci, Joseph L. (author)
Journal of the American Planning Association ; 61 ; 310-327
1995-09-30
18 pages
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