This report of the Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development, Siem Reap: Urban Development in the Shadow of Angkor, is a significant milestone in several respects. First, it affirms and contributes to a well established tradition whereby PRCUD reports on the findings of its Roundtable Forums to the host governments that have invited PRCUD to organize such events. Indeed, this marks a full decade now since PRCUD, which was founded in 1989, first introduced its distinctive Roundtable Forum in Kaohsiung in 1998. Subsequent forums have been held in Long Beach (1999), Tokyo/Chiba (2000), Malacca (2001), Palembang (2002), Nanjing (2004), Jeonju (2005), Jakarta (2007) and now in Siem Reap, Cambodia. PRCUD is already preparing actively for its next Roundtable Forum, to be held in Foshan, China. Over the course of this past decade PRCUD has refined this model steadily, but the basic tenets have held fast. PRCUD works closely with its local host, in this case the APSARA Authority, to articulate an over-arching theme and a related set of probing questions to be addressed by the forum. PRCUD also helps to identify and extend invitations to a select group of international experts who join their local counterparts in three days of dialogue focused on these identified issues. This report provides a concise summary to APSARA and others of the key points that emerged from these discussions, while also providing an overview of, and documentation for, the event itself.
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