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There are many large and mega-cities, such as Bangkok, Jakarta and Mumbai located near coastlines. They were built as trading centres and then have evolved to become major cities receiving population from rural areas during the rapid economic growth period in the last couple of decades.
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Sigrist, M. (2008). Groundwater Contamination in Asian Coastal Cities: Case Study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: Takizawa, S. (eds) Groundwater Management in Asian Cities. cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, vol 2. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-78399-2_13
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