An automobile tour through Bangkok explores the city that epitomizes urban decentralization in Asia.
"East and south Asian urban areas are known for their decentralization. Their general pattern of large Asian urban areas is a broad dispersion of high-rise buildings virtually throughout the urban area, with the notable exceptions of those ultimate exceptions Hong Kong and Singapore. The large Japanese urban areas exhibit this trend to a lesser degree than the urban areas of the Asian continent. Bangkok may be the ultimate in Asian decentralization.
Bangkok ranks as one of the world's 30 largest urban areas, with 8 million residents. It is growing, like other middle and low-income world urban areas as people continue to seek the economic opportunities of the city and forsake the poverty of rural areas. Yet, Bangkok's growth is nowhere near as strong as places like Lagos or Delhi. Nonetheless, Bangkok seems likely to achieve the rank of megacity by 2025, by adding reaching a population of 10 million."
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