Globalizing Taipei : the Political Economy of Spatial Development.

Taipei's quest to become a global city is the key to its urban development. "Globalizing Taipei" looks at this "Asian Dragon", a major city in the South China Growth Triangle and a centre for transnational production, revealing how the development of this capital has receive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2005.
Temas:
Dan jiang da xue > Zhong wen xi
City planning > Taiwan > Taipei.
City planning
Globalisierung
Stadtentwicklung
Politische Ökonomie
Taiwan > Taipei
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: Asian Dragons, South China Growth Triangle, Developmental Governance and Globalizing Taipei
  • 1. The Evolution of Economic Base: From Industrial City, Post-Industrial City to Interface City
  • 2. The Development of Economic Structure: Producer Services and Growth Restraints
  • 3. The Transformation of Spatial Structure: From a Monocentric to a Polycentric City
  • 4. Urban Politics and Spatial Development: The Emergence of Participatory Planning
  • 5. Provision for Collective Consumption: Housing Production Under Neoliberalism
  • 6. Domestic Politics in Urban Image Creation: Xinyi as the 'Manhattan of Taipei'
  • 7. Social Polarization and Income Inequality: Migration and Urban Labour Markets
  • 8. Daily Consumption in a Globalizing City: Food Markets at the Crossroads
  • 9. Modernization Ideoscape: Imaginative Geography and Aesthetic Landscape in Taipei Rapid Transit System
  • 10. Commentary on the Marginalized Society: The Films of Tsai Ming-Liang
  • Postscript: Current Dilemma and Future Uncertainty
  • Index.

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