Ho Chi Minh City, a Metropolitan Playing Field

Dedicating an issue to a city in particular can be a challenge but, at a time when metropolization is emerging as a key process on the global scale, studies rooted in the specificity of a particular urban field, with its own chronology and trajectories, appear more relevant than ever to develop a f...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo,
Autors principals: Gibert-Flutre, Marie, Musil, Clément
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: EchoGéo 2024
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:Dedicating an issue to a city in particular can be a challenge but, at a time when metropolization is emerging as a key process on the global scale, studies rooted in the specificity of a particular urban field, with its own chronology and trajectories, appear more relevant than ever to develop a fine understanding of local variations and assemblages (Roy and Ong, 2011). From this perspective, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the southern Vietnam metropolis with its 12 million inhabitants...