Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Section I Context and concepts: density, distance, and division -- 1 Regional integration, agglomeration, and income distribution in East Asia -- Production networks in East Asia -- Regional income inequality -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Annex: Data for analysis of the China-Japan border effect -- 2 Geography of cluster-based industrial development -- A theory of cluster-based industrial development -- Evidence from case studies -- Evidence of changing industrial locations -- Policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 3 Rural clustering at incipient stages of economic development: hand-weaving clusters in Lao PDR -- Market segregation at an incipient stage of development -- Hypotheses on the emergence of traders -- Profile of the Lao PDR hand-loom industry -- Marketing and contractual arrangements -- Weaving clusters and traders -- Decline of trust -- Retailers as urban-based traders -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 Spatial networks, incentives, and the dynamics of village economies: evidence from Indonesia -- Data -- Descriptive analyses -- Empirical framework -- Empirical results -- Policy discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Iskandar Development Region and Singapore -- Background -- Key factors driving the relationship between the two regions -- Potential synergies between Singapore and the IDR -- The way forward -- Conclusion: can these obstacles be overcome? -- Notes -- References -- 6 Spatial integration and human transformations in the Greater Mekong subregion -- The GMS: an idea becomes a subregion -- Openness, progress, and inequality in the GMS -- Scales and sites: the empirics of spatial transformations in the GMS.

Agents, agency, and impacts of spatial transformation in the GMS -- Policies and politics of spatial transformation -- Notes -- References -- Section II Southeast Asia: Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand -- 7 Rural development and issues in Vietnam: spatial disparities and some recommendations -- Current spatial disparities and policy issues -- Disparities between rural and urban areas -- Regional disparities -- Causes of disparities -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- 8 Economic geography of Indonesia: location, connectivity, and resources -- Economic geography -- Regional economic growth and change -- Regional inequality and convergence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 9 Spatial considerations on decentralization and economies of concentration in Indonesia -- Decentralization of expenditures, urban-to-rural migration, and urban density in congested regions -- Agglomeration economies -- Room for further decentralization and policy implications -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex: Definition of the variables and estimation results -- 10 Spatial agglomeration, firm productivity, and government policies in Indonesia: concentration and deconcentration in the manufacturing sector -- Evolution of the manufacturing industry's spatial configuration in Java -- Choice of firm location -- Empirical methodology: externalities and firm decentralization -- Results -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 11 Spatial disparities and development policy in the Philippines -- Regional development patterns -- Determinants of local growth and poverty reduction -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex: Determinants of growth and poverty reduction in the Philippines: descriptive statistics -- 12 Spatial disparities in Thailand: does government policy aggravate or alleviate the problem? -- Growth and spatial disparities.

Explaining spatial disparities -- Attempts to alleviate the problem -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Section III Northeast Asia: China and the Republic of Korea -- 13 Reshaping economic geography in China -- China's historic and geographic legacy -- Accelerating growth: coordinating structural, incentive, and fiscal policies -- Spatial factors and government policies: growth and equity implications -- Looking to the future -- Notes -- References -- 14 The political economy of government policies toward regional inequality in China -- Regional disparities in China -- The path to the uneven development model -- Preferential government policies and economic geography -- Recent government initiatives to reduce regional disparities -- Alternative ways to address regional disparities -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 15 Is China sacrificing growth when balancing interregional and urban-rural development? -- Industrial agglomeration and city development -- China's urban-rural and interregional development: is there a tradeoff between efficiency and equality? -- Interregional and urban-rural economic development: policy adjustment and fiscal transfer -- Conclusions and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- 16 Industrial agglomeration and economic performance in transitional China -- Theoretical understanding of industrial agglomeration in China -- Industrial agglomeration and industrial specialization in China -- Industrial agglomeration and labor productivity in China -- Industrial clusters in China: a county-level analysis -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 17 Capital allocation, regional specialization, and spillover effects in China -- Returns to capital across provinces -- Regional specialization -- Spatial factors behind productivity growth -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References.

18 Coastal China's urban-rural spatial restructuring under globalization -- Guangdong and the Pearl River delta -- Shanghai and the Yangtze River delta -- The Bohai Bay region -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 19 A history of the Republic of Korea's industrial structural transformation and spatial development -- Industrial policies, structural changes of industry, and spatial transformation -- Spatial development and change -- Policy implications -- Note -- References -- Section IV Conclusion: lessons from experience -- 20 Lessons from experience: reshaping economic geography in East Asia -- Context: the rise of regionalism and the role of production-sharing networks -- Accompanied by increasing disparities -- The new economic geography -- Vietnam and Lao PDR: emerging spatial patterns at low income levels -- Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand: diverse settings and varied outcomes in three middle-income ASEAN countries -- China: agglomeration, rapid growth, and major spatial consequences -- Korea: from developing to developed status and eventual equalization in living standards -- Lessons learned -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.