TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Emerging Cityscapes -- Toward a Postindustrial Urban World -- Demand Elasticities -- Productivity Growth, Industrial Composition, and Income Distribution -- Technology at the Root -- Cities in the Global Marketplace -- The Shape of Things to Come? -- 2 Megacity Profiles -- Tokyo -- Singapore -- Bangkok -- Seoul -- Beijing -- Shanghai -- Conclusion -- 3 Disappearing Manufacturing -- Population -- Industrial Base -- Human Capital -- Urban Innovation System -- Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure -- Attractive Urban Amenities -- Investing in Growth, Attracting Talent -- 4 Deciphering the DNA of the Biotechnology Industry -- Biotechnology Rising -- Bio-Singapore -- Reading the Biotech Tea Leaves -- 5 Meet Astro Boy and Friends -- Robot Industry -- Anime Industry -- A New Dawn? -- 6 Fun, Movies, and Videogames -- The Film Industry's Development in Korea -- Making and Screening Movies in Seoul -- Videogame Industry -- The Emerging Multimedia Economy -- 7 Silk and Gems -- Inventing Fashion -- Gems: A City's Best Friends? -- A Fashionable Bangkok -- 8 Sculpting the Urban Skyline -- Why Construction? -- The Construction Industry in Shanghai -- A Statistical Profile -- Innovation in the Construction Industry -- Current Status and Prognosis -- 9 Gold in Silicon -- Beijing's Silicon Credentials -- When It All Began and How -- Electronic Zhongguancun -- Constructing a Metropolitan-Scale Innovative System -- An Electronics and Information Technology Capital? -- 10 Summing Up -- Identifying Postindustrial Cities -- Selecting Urban Industrial Engines -- Engine Drivers -- References -- Index -- About the Authors -- Figures -- 1.1 Trends in Consumption Share, 1950-2004 -- 1.2 Mosaic Index -- 3.1 Population Age Pyramid for Cities -- 3.2 Health Expenditure as Share of GDP, 2003.

5.1 Shipments of Industrial Robots, 1990-2003 -- 5.2 Forecast of Robot Market in Japan, 1995-2025 -- 5.3 Market Size of Animation Industry (Theater, Television, Software), 1990-2003 -- 5.4 Market Structure of Animation Industry in Japan -- 7.1 Gem and Jewelry Exports, by Country, 2002 -- Tables -- 1.1 Urbanization Rate in East Asia -- 1.2 Urbanization Rate around the World, by Region -- 1.3 Megacities -- 1.4 Employment Elasticity of Output in China -- 2.1 Gross Investment in Shanghai -- 3.1 City Population and Share of National Population, 2003 -- 3.2 Net Migration (Foreign and Domestic) to Six Cities in East Asia, 1980-2003 -- 3.3 Cities' Share of National GDP, 1985-2003 -- 3.4 Sectoral Composition of City GDP in Six Cities, 1980-2003 -- 3.5 Per Capita City GDP and Per Capita National GDP, 2003 -- 3.6 City GDP, 2003 -- 3.7 Number of Universities in East Asian Cities, 1990-2003 -- 3.8 Number of Patents Granted in the United States, by Economy of Origin, 1964-2004 -- 3.9 Top Universities in East and South Asia, 2005 -- 3.10 Contribution of IT Investment in GDP Per Capita Growth, 1990-2000 -- 3.11 E-Readiness Ranking, 2004 and 2005 -- 3.12 Number and Types of Internet Connections in Japan, 1999-2002 -- 3.13 Comparison of Broadband Prices, 2004 -- 3.14 Mathematics Scores from TIMSS-R, 1999 -- 3.15 Science Scores from TIMSS-R, 1999 -- 3.16 Number of Crimes per 100,000 Population, 2000 and 2003 -- 4.1 Output and Value Added of the Singapore Biomedical Industry, 1997-2004 -- 4.2 Biomedical Manufacturing in Singapore, 2004 -- 4.3 Biomedical Public Research Institutes in Singapore, December 2002 -- 4.4 Three Phases of Clinical Trials -- 4.5 Breakdown of Patents Granted in Singapore, 1995-2004 -- 4.6 Output of Science and Engineering Articles by Economy -- 5.1 Stock of Industrial Robots at Year-End, 2002-08 -- 5.2 Firms Involved in Robotics, by Robot Type.

5.3 Anime Productions of Six Largest Firms in Japan, 1997-2003 -- 5.4 Location of Animation Firms in 23 Wards of Tokyo -- 6.1 Domestic Market Shares of Korean and Foreign Films, 1991-2004 -- 6.2 Number of Films Produced and Imported by Korea, 1991-2004 -- 6.3 Market Share of U.S. Movies in Selected Countries, 2000 -- 6.4 Attendance and Number of Theaters and Screens in Korea by Year, 1991-2004 -- 6.5 Korean Film Exports by Region, 2002 and 2003 -- 6.6 Earnings from Korean Film Exports, 1991-2003 -- 6.7 Number of Establishments and Employees in Motion Picture Production in California, 1997 and 2002 -- 6.8 Establishments and Employees in the Korean Film Industry, 1993-2002 -- 6.9 Occupational Categories and Required Skills in the Videogame Industry -- 7.1 Percentage of Consumers Who Would Buy a Brand If Money Were No Object -- 7.2 Total Value of Exports: Textiles, 1990-2003 -- 7.3 Total Value of Exports: Clothing, 1990-2003 -- 7.4 Imports of Gems, Precious Metals, and Jewelry, 1999-2002 -- 7.5 Production Cost Structure of Jewelry and Accessories, 2000 -- 7.6 Exports of Gems, Precious Metals, and Jewelry, 1999-2002 -- 8.1 Infrastructure in Shanghai at a Glance, 1990 and 2004 -- 8.2 Composition of Real Estate Firms in China, 2002 -- 8.3 Composition of Real Estate Employees, 2002 -- 8.4 Investment by Building Types, 2002 -- 8.5 Revenue of Real Estate Firms, 2002 -- 8.6 China's Export of Construction Services, 2000 -- 8.7 Capital Sources for Real Estate Firms, 2002 -- 8.8 Foreign Construction and Real Estate Developers in Shanghai, 1996-2000 -- 8.9 Share of Engineers and Technicians in State-Owned Construction Enterprises, 1990-2003 -- 8.10 Output of the Construction Industry in Shanghai and China, 1990-2003 -- 9.1 Industry Distribution in Parks within Zhongguancun -- 9.2 Business Software Piracy Rates by Economy, 2000.

9.3 Research and Development Spending in Beijing, 1999-2004 -- 9.4 Breakdown of Research and Development in Beijing, 2000 -- 9.5 Number of Invention Patents by Regions, 1995-2000 -- 9.6 Main Indicators of Different Parks in 2003.