Terence Gary McGee, usually called Terry McGee (born January 1936 in
Cambridge, New Zealand) is an urban geographer and social scientist.
Key themes
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
Key publications
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
McGee has been for many years the Director of the
Institute of Asian Research
The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) at the University of British Columbia is a research institute founded in 1978 and has been the foremost research centre in Canada for the inter-disciplinary study of Asia. With a broad geographic reach exten ...
at the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...
. He has also served as President of The
Canadian Association of Geographers.
Awards
* (2000) Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography
* (2009)
Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud"Geogramme: A Newsletter for Alumni and Friends of UBC Geography"
''UBC Department of Geography'', Summer 2009. Retrieved on 22 May 2015.
References
Other sources
Institute of Asian Research
* Kelly, P.F. (editor) (2007): Essays in Honour of T.G. McGee. Asia Pacific Viewpoint.
1936 births
Living people
Canadian geographers
New Zealand geographers
Development specialists
University of British Columbia faculty
Recipients of the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize
People from Cambridge, New Zealand
Urban geographers
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