Malaysia, Modernity and the Multimedia Super Corridor : A Critical Geography of Intelligent Landscapes

Based on fieldwork in Malaysia, this book provides a critical examination of the country's main urban region. The study first provides a theoretical reworking of geographies of modernity and details the emergence of a globally-oriented, 'high-tech' stage of national development. The Multimedia Super Corridor is framed in terms of a political vision of a 'fully developed' Malaysia before the author traces an imagined trajectory through surrounding landscapes in the late 1990s. As the first book length academic analysis of the development of Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area and the construction of the Multimedia Super Corridor, this work offers a situated, contextual account which will appeal to all those with research interests in Asian Urban Studies and Asian Sociology. Based On Fieldwork In Malaysia, This Book Provides A Critical Examination Of The Socio-spatial Transformation Of The Country's Main Urban Region. In The Late Twentieth Century Kuala Lumpur Experienced A Spectacular Redevelopment Of Urban Space While The City Formed Part Of An Extended Metropolitan Area. Particular Attention Is Paid Here To The Development Of The Multimedia Super Corridor, A High-tech Zone Which Extends Fifty Kilometres From The Capital, And Includes Two New 'intelligent' Cities, Putrajaya And Cyberjaya. As The First Book-length Academic Analysis Of The Development Of Kuala Lumpur And The Construction Of The Multimedia Super Corridor, This Work Offers A Situated, Contextual Account Which Will Appeal To All Those With Research Interests In Asian Urban Studies And Asian Sociology.--jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. Modernity, Space And The Government Of Landscape -- 3. Positioning Malaysia: Connections, Divisions And Development -- 4. Kuala Lumpur City Centre (klcc): Global Reorientation -- 5. Putrajaya And Cyberjaya: Intelligent Cities, Intelligent Citizens -- 6. Beneath The Intelligent Cities: Socio-spatial Dividing Practices -- 7. Conclusion. Tim Bunnell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [167]-192) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 List of abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Framing Malaysia: concepts and context......Page 26 Modernity, space and the government of landscape......Page 28 Positioning Malaysia: connections, divisions and development......Page 45 On Route 2020......Page 76 Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC): global reorientation......Page 78 Putrajaya and Cyberjaya: intelligent cities, intelligent citizens......Page 103 Beneath the intelligent cities: socio-spatial dividing practices......Page 130 Conclusion......Page 155 Notes......Page 163 References......Page 180 Index......Page 206