Worlding cities : Asian experiments and the art of being global /

"Worlding Cities" is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of st...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Roy, Ananya, Ong, Aihwa
Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, [2011]
Σειρά:Studies in urban and social change.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction: Worlding Cities, or the Art of being Global / Aihwa Ong
  • Modeling. Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts / Chua Beng Huat
  • Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms / Lisa Hoffman
  • Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects / Gavin Shatkin
  • Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change / Shannon May
  • Inter-Referencing. Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong / Helen F Siu
  • Cracks in the Fȧade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai / Chad Haines
  • Asia in the Mix: Urban form and Global Mobilities : Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai / Glen Lowry, Eugene McCann
  • Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty / Aihwa Ong
  • New Solidarities. Part Introduction
  • Speculating on the next World City / Michael Goldman
  • The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism / Ananya Roy
  • Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi / D Asher Ghertner
  • Conclusion: Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams.