Cities, Transport and Communications Also by Howard Dick BALANCED DEVELOPMENT: East Java under the New Order ( co-editor with James J. Fox and Jamie Mackie ) CORRUPTION IN ASIA: Rethinking the Governance Paradigm ( co-editor with Tim Lindsey ) THE EMERGENCE OF A NATIONAL ECONOMY: An Economic History of Indonesia, 1800–2000 ( with Vincent J.H. Houben, Thomas Lindblad and Thee Kian Wie ) THE INDONESIAN INTERISLAND SHIPPING INDUSTRY: An Analysis of Competition and Regulation THE RISE AND FALL OF REVENUE FARMING: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia ( co-editor with John Butcher ) SURABAYA, CITY OF WORK: A Twentieth Century Socioeconomic History Also by Peter J. Rimmer ASEAN–AUSTRALIA TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE ( editor ) HONG KONG’S FUTURE AS A REGIONAL TRANSPORT HUB PACIFIC RIM DEVELOPMENT: Integration and Globalisation in East Asia ( editor ) RIKISHA TO RAPID TRANSIT: Urban Public Transport Systems and Policy in Southeast Asia THE UNDERSIDE OF MALAYSIAN HISTORY: Pullers, Prostitutes, Plantation Workers...( co-editor with Lisa M. Allen ) TRANSPORT IN THAILAND: The Railway Decision Cities, Transport and Communications The Integration of Southeast Asia since 1850 Howard Dick Associate Professor Department of Management University of Melbourne Australia and Peter J. Rimmer Professor Emeritus and Visiting Fellow Division of Pacific and Asian History Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Canberra Australia © Howard Dick and Peter J. Rimmer 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their right to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–55301–2 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Dick, H.W. (Howard W.) Cities, transport and communications : the integration of Southeast Asia since 1850/Howard Dick and Peter J. Rimmer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–333–55301–2 1. Metropolitan areas—Asia, Southeastern. 2. Cities and towns—Asia, Southeastern. 3. Transportation—Asia, Southeastern. 4. Telecommunication— Asia, Southeastern. 5. Asia, Southeastern—Economic conditions. I. Rimmer, Peter James. II. Title. HT334.A785D53 2003 307.76  4  0959—dc21 2002044818 10987654321 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne