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  title info:
    title: High-Rise Living in Asian Cities
  name:
    name part: Yuen, Belinda.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Yeh, Anthony G.O.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 195 p. 16 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of high-rise. Much less is written about Asian cities even though Asia is the current hotbed of high-rise development. Even though traditional discourse of high-rise housing is not always positive, new forces are redefining its place in 21st century urbanity. Many cities around the world are reembracing high-rise in urban agenda under current narrative of sustainable development. High-rise is fast becoming a priority area in international research agenda. The quest is for livable and sustainable high-rise development. Against the background of current trends--globalization, urbanization, mixed-use development, and new-built taller buildings in inner city areas in both developed and developing countries, this book examines the software: design, economics, estate management, legal and property rights, physical environment, planning, community development, and social dimensions of high-rise living. Analysis is with the widely acclaimed successful high-rise public housing in Hong Kong and Singapore to understand the advantages and worries of high-rise living, and to distill the key points and lessons in the making of a ‘good’ highrise living environment. Hong Kong and Singapore have been constructing high-rise for more than four decades each. The majority of their population has moved to live in high-rise, selecting to live high-rise, and registering consistently high residential satisfaction. The height of apartment buildings in both cities continues to rise. The tallest is anticipated to be 70-storey. It is the contention of this book that contrary to earlier common negative discourses on public high-rise living, the high-rise environment may yet offer urban residents a satisfying dwelling experience. Leading…
  table of contents: 1. Introduction: Tall Building Living in Asian Cities -- 2. Tall Building Living in High Density Cities: A Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore -- 3. Planning and Design of Tall Residential Buildings -- 4. Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of Hong Kong -- 5. Planning and Design of Environmentally Sustainable High-rises -- 6. Garden and Ecology in the Sky -- 7. Legislation and Safety of Tall Residential Buildings -- 8. The Value of Clean Air in High-Density Urban Areas -- 9. Liveability of Tall Residential Buildings -- 10. Community Development in Tall Residential Buildings -- 11. In the March of High-rise -- Appendix – CD-ROM included inside back cover The State of Urban High-rise Research: An Annotated Bibliography -- Index.
  note: edited by Belinda Yuen, Anthony G.O. Yeh.
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Medical research
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    topic: Urban planning
  subject:
    topic: Architecture
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Quality of life
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
  subject:
    topic: Geography, general
  subject:
    topic: Quality of Life Research
  subject:
    topic: Sociology, general
  subject:
    topic: Architecture, general
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
  classification: HT390-395
  classification: HT165.5-169.9
  classification: 710
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      title: Springer eBooks
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