Community-Based Urban Development Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul /

• Main Authors: Cho, Im Sik (Author), Križnik, Blaž (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
• Subjects: Geography.; Climate change.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Architecture.; Sustainable development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Sustainable Development.; Physical Geography.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

The book compares different approaches to urban development in Singapore and Seoul over the past decades, by focusing on community participation in the transformation of neighbourhoods and its impact on the built environment and communal life. Singapore and Seoul are known for their rapid economic g...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• City and the developmental state
• Neoliberalization and neo-developmental city
• Emerging community-based urban development
• Conclusion: Towards community-driven urban development (what we learned).