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Terry McGee

Terence Gary McGee, usually called Terry McGee (born January 1936 in Cambridge, New Zealand) is an urban geographer and social scientist.

Key themes[edit]

McGees' major academic work has mainly been in the following areas:

• the geography of Southeast Asian cities
• the informal economy in developing countries;
• systems of food distribution in developing countries' cities;
• the emergence of extended metropolitan regions.
• rural-urban migration^[1]

Key publications[edit]

His major publications include:

• (1967) The Southeast Asian city: a social geography of the primate cities of Southeast Asia, London, Bell
• (1971) The Urbanization Process in the Third World, T. G. McGee. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London
• (1985) Theatres of Accumulation: Studies in Asian and Latin American Urbanization, together with Warwick Armstrong, London: Methuen

Academic career[edit]

McGee has been for many years the Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia.^{[citation needed]} He has also served as President of The Canadian Association of Geographers.^{[citation needed]}

Awards[edit]

• (2000) Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography^[2]
• (2009) Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud^[3]

References[edit]

Other sources[edit]

• Institute of Asian Research
• Kelly, P.F. (editor) (2007): Essays in Honour of T.G. McGee. Asia Pacific Viewpoint.

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