A primate city is the one that is in the largest hierarchy in the country or region. These primate cities contributed greatly to the development of Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asia as a whole depended mainly on the Primate cities as their major source of income. In most of those countries that were lucky to have primate cities, they helped greatly in building and boosting the economic status of the country. They depended on the cities for economic, social and political development of the country. They contained the major resources which the country needed to make major developments. At the same time, the primate cities depended entirely on the consumers in the country for the services they provided and the cultural developments they initiated. (Ullman, pp 55)
The availability of a primate city in the country often present an imbalance in the country’s economic development situation. The cities often present the country with a periphery to which all the other urban centers depend on. Such kind of services include labor and other valuable resources which the country might need for its economic development. (Rigg, pp 33) The primate cities and other major urban cities have a great role in developing the Southeast Asia. Most of these primate cities contributed greatly in the development of the Southeast Asian countries. Their increase in population also affects the overall performances of the country. The population increase is attributed to the fact that there has been an increase in the traditional workers due to the mechanizations of the industries.
The establishment of better living conditions in the primate cities made life easier in those places due to easy access of resources. With the increase in companies and better industries with adequate chances of getting blue collar jobs, most people therefore opted to go to the cities to look for these opportunities which led to the gradual but steady growth of the Southeast Asia. Most people tend to get attracted to those areas with better economic status and better resources and living status. These conditions led to the slow but steady growth of the countries in this region.
Work Cited
Ullman, Edward L. The Primate City and Urbanization in Southeast Asia: A Preliminary Speculation. New York: Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group, Asia Society, 1968. Print.Top of Form
Rigg, Jonathan. Southeast Asia (routledge Revivals): A Region in Transition. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013. Internet resource.
